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Tenpai Nyima

Seventh Panchen Lama, long head of Tashilhunpo, credited by the heritage record with formally founding the monastery's Semo Chenmo cham dance.

Also known as 7th Panchen Lama · Lobsang Palden Tenpai Nyima

Tenpai Nyima, the Seventh Panchen Lama, was born in 1782 (Water Tiger year) to a minor noble family in Panam, Tsang, and recognised as the reincarnation of the Sixth Panchen Lama, residing at Tashilhunpo Monastery. In 1844-45 he briefly served as regent in Lhasa. According to the national intangible heritage listing, after taking part in ceremonies in Lhasa he built the Dechen Kelsang Palace at Tashilhunpo and, borrowing passages from the cham of monasteries such as Lamo, Tsel Gungtang and Lhodrak, formally established the Semo Chenmo cham performed by the monks of the Tsegon college, which continues today. He died in 1853.

Life and times

  1. 1782BornQing
  2. 1853 CEDied

Records

Built a summer palace near Tashilhunpo and ordained the 11th Dalai Lama

1844 to 1846

The 7th Panchen Lama, Palden Tenpai Nyima, traveled to Lhasa several times for religious ceremonies and became interested in the monastic rules of the monasteries of Ü. In 1844 he had a summer palace built about one kilometer south of Tashilhunpo Monastery, and in 1846 he administered the novice ordination to the 11th Dalai Lama.

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