Famed Tibetan King’s Nepali queen no longer in home country’s national luminaries list

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan22’26) – Bhrikuti, Bhelsa Tritsun in Tibetan, is no longer in Nepal’s list of national luminaries because there was no proper research on her despite the fact that her contribution to Buddhism and Buddhist culture in Tibet as the first consort of its 33rd King Songtsen Gampo (618-549AD) is well established, reported risingnepaldaily.com Jan 21.

Now a case is being made for her inclusion on the basis of Nepal’s ex post facto view of Tibet’s history in light of Kathmandu’s current so-called One China policy stand.

Recognising her importance as a bearer of Nepal’s Buddhist culture and a symbol of peace, the Government of Nepal had ho...

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