Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

11th Panchen Lama as recognized by the 14th Dalai Lama

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the 11th Panchen Lama belonging to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, as recognized and announced by the 14th Dalai Lama on 14 May 1995. Three days later, on 17 May, the six-year-old Panchen Lama was kidnapped and forcibly disappeared by the Chinese…