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Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal (Sikkimese: ; Wylie: ''srid skyong sprul sku rnam rgyal'') (1879–5 December 1914) was the ruling Maharaja and Chogyal of Sikkim for a brief period in 1914, from 10 February to 5 December. == Biography == He was the second son of Maharaja Sri Panch Sir Thutob Namgyal, and was educated at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and at Pembroke College, Oxford. A polyglot, he was learned in Chinese, English, Hindi, Lepcha, Nepali and Tibetan. He was recognized as the reincarnation of his uncle, Sidkeong Namgyal, the abbot of Phodong Monastery.〔Mahendra P. Lama, (Sikkim: society, polity, economy, environment )〕 Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal reconstructed the monastery.〔Kuldip Singh Gulia, (Mountains of the God )〕 After his education in Oxford, he returned to Sikkim where he was closely associated with the administration of the country. He worked to dissolved the greed that occurs in vested interests and tried to unify Buddhists by renovating monasteries and their roles.〔H. G. Joshi, (Sikkim: past and present ), Mittal Publications, 2004, ISBN 81-7099-932-4, ISBN 978-81-7099-932-4〕 When Alexandra David-Néel was invited to the royal monastery of Sikkim, she met Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, at that time Maharaj Kumar (crown prince). She became Sidkeong's "confidante and spiritual sister",〔Middleton, Ruth (1989). ''Alexandra David-Neel''. Boston, Shambhala. ISBN 1-57062-600-6.〕 Following an attack of jaundice, Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal died of heart failure on 5 December 1914, aged 35, in most suspicious circumstances.〔Patrick French, (Younghusband: the last great imperial adventurer )〕〔Earle Rice, (Alexandra David-Neel: Explorer at the Roof of the World ), Infobase Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7910-7715-2, ISBN 978-0-7910-7715-3, p. 51〕 He was succeeded by his younger brother, Tashi Namgyal. Palden Thondup Namgyal was subsequently recognized as the reincarnate leader of Phodong.〔Lawrence Epstein, Richard Sherburne, Reflections on Tibetan culture: essays in memory of Turrell V. Wylie, E. Mellen Press, 1990; ISBN 0-88946-064-7, ISBN 978-0-88946-064-5; p. 61〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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