Tensung Namgyal

Tensung Namgyal (1644–1700) was the second Chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim. He succeeded his father Phuntsog Namgyal in 1670 and moved the capital from Yuksom to Rabdentse near Geyzing. He had three wives who were Nambi Onmo from Bhutan, Lhacham Pema Putik from Tibet, and Thungwamukma, a Limbu princess from the Arun valley. After establishing Rabdentse as his new capital, he built a palace and asked his Limbu Queen to name it. She named it "Song Khim" which in the Limbu language means "New Palace". This later went on to become "Sukhim" and "Sikkim". He was succeeded by his son Chakdor Namgyal, borne by his second wife in 1700. He had one last son with his third wife. Though he is not well known, his grandson becomes a king of a small kingdom inside his father's rule.