# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erdne-ombadykow
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:47:57.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erdne-ombadykow"
name: "Erdne Ombadykow"
slug: "erdne-ombadykow"
description: "Erdne-Basan Ombadykow, also known as Telo Tulku Rinpoche, is a Kalmyk-American Vajrayana Buddhist lama who served as the 19th Šajin Lama of Kalmykia from 1992 to 2023, when he left Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He received his formal training as a bhikkhu in India and was recognized by the 14th Dalai Lama as the current reincarnation of Tilopa."
tagline: "American Lama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalmyk_lama.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1972-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.572897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "額爾德尼-巴桑·奧姆巴迪科夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اردنى امباديكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telo_Tulku_Rinpoche"
    title: "Telo Tulku Rinpoche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdne_Ombadykow"
    title: "Erdne Ombadykow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdni_Ombadykov"
    title: "Erdni Ombadykov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telo_Rinpoch%C3%A9"
    title: "Telo Rinpoché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Эрдни Омбадыков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Омбадыков, Эрдни-Басан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Омбадиков Ердні Басанович"
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  - url: "https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D2%BB%D0%B0_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BD-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D2%A3"
    title: "Омбадһа Эрдн-Басң"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2040525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump