Namgyal Explained

Namgyal, a Tibetan deity, has been a personal name in several countries; see (inter alia):

Literature

• Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, a 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar of the Dagpo Kagyu lineage

Politics

• Namgyal dynasty (disambiguation)
  • Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim, rulers in Sikkim
  • Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, rulers in Ladakh
• Phuntsog Namgyal (disambiguation)
  • Phuntsog Namgyal, first king of Sikkim
• Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke
• Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan
• Tashi Namgyal, ruler of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963
• Thutob Namgyal, who transferred Sikkim's capital to Gangtok in 1894
• Tshudpud Namgyal, longest-reigning king of Sikkim (from 1793 to 1863); regained independence from Nepal in 1815

Culture

• Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
• Namgyal Monastery, any of several Tibetan Buddhist institutions
• Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
• Namgyal Lhamo, exponent of Tibetan singing
• Tashi Namgyal Academy in Sikkim

Sports

• Namgyal Bhutia, Indian professional footballer

Other

• Namgyal Rinpoche, Karma Tenzin Dorje (1931-2003), born Leslie George Dawson, in Toronto, Canada

See also

• Chogyal, the ruler of the Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim
• Gyalpo (disambiguation), the ruler of the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh