Tensung Namgyal

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Tensung Namgyal
Chogyal of Sikkim
Reign1670 – 1700
Predecessor Phuntsog Namgyal
Successor Chakdor Namgyal
Born1644 (1644)
Died1700 (aged 5556)
SpouseNumbe Ongmu
Debasam-serpa
Thungwamukma
Issue Pende Ongmu
Chakdor Namgyal
Shalngo-Guru
Pende Tshering Gyemu
House Namgyal dynasty
Father Phuntsog Namgyal
Religion Buddhism

Tensung Namgyal (Sikkimese: བསྟན་སྲུང༌རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: bstan srung rnam rgyal) (1644–1700) [1] was the second Chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim. He succeeded his father Phuntsog Namgyal in 1670 and moved the capital from Yuksom to Rabdentse near Geyzing. He had three wives from Bhutan, Tibet and a Limbu princess, Thungwamukma. After establishing Rabdentse as his new capital he built a palace and asked his Limbu Queen to name it. She named it "Song Khim" which in Limbu language means "New Palace". This later went on to become "Sukhim" and "Sikkim". [2] He was succeeded by his son Chakdor Namgyal, borne by his second wife in 1700. [3] He had one last son with his third wife. Though he is not well known his grandson becomes a king of a small kingdom inside his father's rule.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Sikkim Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Chumlung, Yakthung (2014). "chapter 5, Kirat Kings of Namgyal Dynasty". Kirat History and Culture: All about south asian Monoglians. ASIN   B00JH8W6HQ.
  3. Alex McKay (1998). Pilgrimage in Tibet. Routledge. ISBN   0-7007-0992-4.
Tensung Namgyal
Born: 1644 Died: 1700
Regnal titles
Preceded by Chogyal of Sikkim
1670–1700
Succeeded by