Throneholders of Palyul Monastery

Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab

Throneholders of Palyul Monastery:

Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab (1636-1699)
Pema Lhundrub Gyatso (1660-1727)
the first Drubwang Pema Norbu (1679-1757)
the first Karma Kuchen Rinpoche, Karma Tashi (1728-1791)
Karma Lhawang and Karma Döndam
the second Karma Kuchen, Gyurmé Ngedön Tenzin Palzangpo (1794-1851)
Gyatrul Rinpoche, Pema Dongak Tenzin (1830-1891)
the third Karma Kuchen, Orgyen Dongak Chökyi Nyima (1854-1906)
the second Drubwang Pema Norbu, Thupten Chökyi Langpo (aka Palchen Düpa) (1887-1932)
the fourth Karma Kuchen, Karma Thekchok Nyingpo (1908-1958)
the third Drubwang Pema Norbu (1932-2009)
the fifth Karma Kuchen (b.1970)^[1]

Notes

↑ His Holiness Penor Rinpoche appointed the fifth Karma Kuchen as the head of the Palyul Mother Monastery in Tibet in 1994. On 14 August 2000, he was formally enthroned as the lineage holder of the Palyul tradition.