Sengge Namgyal

Sengge Namgyal
Gyalpo of Ladakh
Reign1616–1642
PredecessorJamyang Namgyal
SuccessorDeldan Namgyal
Died1642 (1643)
HouseNamgyal
FatherJamyang Namgyal
MotherGyal Khatun
ReligionBuddhism

Sengge Namgyal (Ladakhi: སེང་གེ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ, Wylie: seng-ge rnam-rgyal, died 1642) was a 17th-century king of the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, from 1616 to his death in 1642. A Buddhist, he was noted for his immense work in building monasteries, palaces and shrines in Ladakh and is known as the "Lion King".

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