H.H. Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso - The 5th Dalai Lama

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5th Dalai Lama : Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso : Ngag-dbang-rgya-mtsho (1617-1682)

Son of Dudul Rabten and Kunga Lhanzi, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, was born in 1617 in Lhoka Chingwar Taktse (South of Lhasa).

The fifth Dalai Lama discovery was kept a secret due to political issues in Tibet, until he was taken to Drepung monastery. He was then ordained into monkhood by the Third Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chogyal, and was given the name Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso.

He died In 1682, at the age of 65.

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