Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga

Tibetan monk living in India

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1945

Place of Birth: Shigatse, Tibet, China

Profession: Sakya Trizin

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga served as the 41st Sakya Trizin, the throne holder of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, from his appointment in 1952 until his retirement in 2017.
His religious name is Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo (Tibetan: ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, Wylie: ngag dbang kun dga' theg chen dpal 'bar trin lé sam pel wang gyi gyel po).
After passing the throne of the Sakya lineage to his elder son Ratna Vajra Rinpoche who became the 42nd Sakya Trizin on 9 March 2017, he is now known as Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche.
He is considered second only to the Dalai Lama, in the spiritual hierarchy of Tibetan Buddhism.