Namgyal
# Namgyal

Namgyal, a Tibetan deity, has been a personal name in several countries; see (inter alia):

## Literature

* Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, a 16th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar of the Dagpo Kagyu lineage

## Politics

* Namgyal dynasty, rulers in Sikkim
* Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, rulers in Ladakh
* Palden Thondup Namgyal, last hereditary ruler of Sikkim, husband of Hope Cooke
* Phuntsog Namgyal, first king of Sikkim
* Ngawang Namgyal, founder of Bhutan
* Tashi Namgyal, ruler of Sikkim from 1914 to 1963
* Thutob Namgyal, who transferred Sikkim's capital to Gangtok in 1894
* Tshudpud Namgyal, longest-reigning king of Sikkim (from 1793 to 1863); regained independence from Nepal in 1815

## Culture

* Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
* Namgyal Monastery, any of several Tibetan Buddhist institutions
* Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
* Namgyal Lhamo, exponent of Tibetan singing
* Tashi Namgyal Academy in Sikkim

## Sports

* Namgyal Bhutia, Indian professional footballer

## Other

* Namgyal Rinpoche, Karma Tenzin Dorje (1931-2003), born Leslie George Dawson, in Toronto, Canada
