9th Dalai Lama

9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso
TitleHis Holiness the 9th Dalai Lama
Personal life
Born(1805-12-01)1 December 1805
Dan Chokhor, Kham, Tibet
Died6 March 1815(1815-03-06) (aged 9)
Ü-Tsang, Tibet
Parents
  • Tenzin Chokyong (father)
  • Dondrub Dolma (mother)
Religious life
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
Senior posting
Period in office1810–1815
Predecessor8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso
Successor10th Dalai Lama, Tsultrim Gyatso
Tibetan name
Tibetan ལུང་རྟོགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
Transcriptions
Wylielung rtogs rgya mtsho

The 9th Dalai Lama (born Lungtok Gyatso; full spiritual name: Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso) (Tibetan: ལུང་རྟོགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: lung rtogs rgya mtsho) (1 December 1805 – 6 March 1815) was recognized as the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was the first and the youngest Dalai Lama among four successive Dalai Lamas who succumbed to illnesses before reaching 22 years of age.