1st Dalai Lama

Religious Leader

1391 – 1475

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Who was 1st Dalai Lama?

Gendun Drup, also known as Gendun Drub and Kundun Drup, was considered posthumously to be the first of Tibet's Dalai Lamas, who are believed to be emanations of Chenresig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.

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Born
1391
Ü-Tsang
Ethnicity
  • Tibetan people
Died
Jan 15, 1475
Tibet

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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