# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garchen-rinpoche
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:29.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garchen-rinpoche"
name: "Garchen Rinpoche"
slug: "garchen-rinpoche"
description: "The Eighth Garchen Rinpoche, also called Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche, is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher in the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Born April 1936 in Nangchen, Kham, he is believed to be an incarnation of Siddha Gar Chodingpa, a heart-disciple of Jigten Sumgön, founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage in the thirteenth century CE. He is also believed to have incarnated as Mahasiddha Aryadeva in ancient India - the lotus-born disciple of Nagarjuna himself. He was known as Lonpo Gar, the minister of Tibetan dharma king Songtsen Gampo in the seventh century CE."
tagline: "Tibetan lama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garchen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1936-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           7.245828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Garchen Rinpoche"
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    title: "Garchen Rinpoché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "噶千仁波切"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump