CTA Holds a Prayer Service to Mourn the Demise of Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin

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Dharamshala: The leadership and staff of the Central Tibetan Administration held a prayer service on the afternoon of 29 September 2025 to mourn the passing of Kyabje Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin, the 104th throne holder of the Ganden Tripa. Rinpoche, who passed away on the morning of 26 September at his residence in Sera Je Monastery, Bylakuppe (India), at the age of 90, had served as the Ganden Tripa—an exalted position regarded as the head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism—from 24 June 2017 to November 2024.

Born in 1935 in Lhatse (Ch: Lazi), Tibet, Kyabje Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin Palsangpo was ordained as a monk by Khenchen Tenzin Gyatso at the age of ten. He began his monastic education at L...

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