Pelden Gyeltshen

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Pelden Gyeltshen (Wylie: dga' ldan khri pa 40 dpal ldan rgyal mtshan) (1601–1674) was the 40th Ganden Tripa.

Pelden Gyeltshen was born in village Dangkhar, the then capital of the Spiti valley (in present-day Himachal Pradesh, India). Pelden Gyeltsen went to Lhasa for his monastic education, where he studied at Ngari Dratsang[1] and the Gyume College.[2]

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