The King, Queen and Prime Minister(sildon) being escorted (palace in the Background)
The Royal Family, Prince Wangchuk, Chogyal and Syalyum (Seated).
The Late Jamgon Kongtrul Rimpoche, of the Karma Kargyu Order.
The casket of the crown prince Tenzing Namgyal.
The Royal Casket of Chogyal. (The body is not laid out but made to sit in a foetal position).
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March 2nd, 2007 at 8:51 am
wow great pics, thanks for these pics.
March 6th, 2007 at 10:07 am
daddy it is awesome…i believe is a great start to the blog. keep it up.
March 18th, 2007 at 10:02 am
The late Jungkyang Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, seated with his mother the Queen Mother Denzong Lhayumkusho, daughter of Rakasha family of Tibet, and Prince Wangchuk whose late mother hails from the Samdrup Phodrang family of Tibet. Standing next to Denzong Queen Mother is the senior Rakasha Lhachamkusho, daughter of Raja Tsodrak Namgyal Taring of Sikkim, the eldest son of Chogyal Thutop Namgyal, who gave up the Sikkimese throne to his younger brother Sir Chogyal Tashi Namgyal in favor of staying in Tibet. The Taring family of Tibet enobeled into Tibetan high society by the great 13th Dalai Lama, is legitimately the unbroken elder line of the Royal Namgyal lineage of Sikkim, since Raja Tsodrak Namgyal was the Crown Prince of Sikkim, and his sons and grandsons today go by the Taring family name. Standing in the picture is also Princess Kukula, sister of the Chogyal married to the Phuenkhang family of Tibet. Rakasha Tsetop, Rakasha Tseten, Yap Dr. Paljor, Soden Wangdi, Chimi Paljor, and Princess Lhanzin with daughter Tseyang, Yap Tsukshin, husband of Princess Jeanla, and junior Rakasha chamkusho are a few to name. What a rare and wonderful picture of the Royal family of Sikkim.
March 20th, 2007 at 7:29 am
I have heard the history of our Royal family from the late Barmoik Athingla Densapa, who often visited Lhasa to maintain Sikkimese ties with Denzong Pompo Kudavepa and seen old pictures of Raj Kumar Tsodrak Namgyal Taring, who was the eldest son of Maharaja Thutop Namgyal. Google in “Jigme Taring” and find under “Tibet album” family pictures of Raja Tsodrak Namgyal, our Prince and his family in Lhasa who forfeited his right to succeed in favour of his younger brother Maharaja Chogyal Chempo Sir Tashi Namgyal. Both Raja Tsodrak Namgyal and his younger brother Sir Tashi Namgyal’s sister Rani Chuni Wangmo Dorji, daughter of Maharaja Thutop Namgyal was given into marriage to Bhutan’s Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, and their daughter Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuk married the late King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, and in 1974 thier son Jigme Singye Wangchuk became the King of Bhutan. This explains the Sikkim & Bhutan Royal family relationship and Raja Tsodrak Namgyal’s escape into Tibet due to British invasion of Sikkim in the late 18th century. Thank you daddy and need more pics of our Royal family particularly of our charismatic Prince Wangchuk Namgyal, the current 13th Chogyal of Sikkim. Miwang Chogyal Chenpo! Courtesy: Tobgye Wangchuk Lachungpa, SIKKIM
March 21st, 2007 at 8:43 am
So our Sikkimese royal family is Tibetan aristocracy or Kudrak, just as Nepali royalty is Rajput aristocracy.It was informetive to know Denzong royal family so detail story. Thank you and Kuzuzangbo!
March 24th, 2007 at 9:01 am
those pictures of the royal families are really good n must confess it was nostalgic to c them onnce in the while. like in the case of m. gandhi, its is good that he left for heavenly abode, other wise he would have so sad n devasted to c the present condition sikkim and that of his relatives who are riding very expensive vehilces n freaking out by diluting the old laws and selling their landed properties to people from outside
September 27th, 2007 at 2:27 am
its really nice seeing these pics.As a sikkimese i feel every sikkemese should know about the history of sikkim.
January 9th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Nice & informative photos. For more information check my website http://www.rangan-datta.info
February 10th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
great photos…wish there were more blike these
April 9th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Great Pictures, I Hope to see more pictures of Royal Family of Sikkim. Also wish to know what the present prince H.H Wangchuk Namgyal is doing. Thankyou somuch for sharing those pictures to remind our sikkimese history.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I can tell that this is not the first time at all that you write about the topic. Why have you chosen it again?
April 25th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
This is the first time… that I have seen the Sikkimese royal family pics… I am from Darjeeling.. and a Nepali.. but I felt a sense of pride… Thank you so much for the pics… and hat’s off to you…
April 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Thank you very much for these extraordinary photos of the Sikkimese Royal Family.
You may be interested in my blog, where I commemorated the Chogyal’s 85th Birthday in May 2008:
http://radicalroyalist.blogspot.com/2008/05/85th-birthday-anniversary-of-chogyal-of.html
And I have extremely rare photos of the 12th Chogyal taken in the 1950s and 1960s on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33183728@N00/sets/72157617204330581/
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
Sikkimese royal family are of no significance to me.Though I am from Sikkim I do not think they ever acted in the best interest of the people.They are merely policiticians and harbingers of suffering to the poor of Sikkim.In a nut shell they are politicans or predators.Of course the predator has now left its den!
July 13th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Great !!!!! I am looking for more photos of sikkimese crown prince who was in Indian Air force
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:39 am
you poor ignoramus. i guess ignorance is ‘truly’ bliss for
you so enjoy it…… what else can you do with it?
September 8th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Tashi delek. The pics were great. How did come across them. Me and me dad have been searching high and low for such pics. And as for mr. bhograj, as u urslf say u r from sikkim but I guess not exactly of sikkim.
September 24th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Dr D
All I am saying this is because so called royals were feudalistic, used to enslave others and “Shoshan”. Now that you say you are a doctor I believe you do not come under that category.I am a sikkimese by word and spirit perhaps just like you but I strongly oppose propaganda for the sinners who forced innocent nepalese to carry kalo bhari for free and wreck havoc in the history of Sikkim…………..I am sure if you are a nepali and hear stories from elders regarding kalo bhari and “atyachar” you will know where I am coming from.
Jai Sikkim and Sikkimese praja
October 4th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
is’nt that those pictures should be more than than a mere picture to remember those glorious ‘SIKKIMESE’ days ? I guess if those pictures should bring the real connotation in its practical form, the understanding of one’s belngiongness to a lost pride which i believe or made to believe would hard to redeem back.
Mr. Upendra, the lost of a nation state would not always signify its inheretant unwarranted political-social-economic lopholes or so, it has much more more factors and implications that you fail to recognise.
Mr S Wangdi ! HH THE 13th Denjong’CHOGYAL’ and [not Prince]Wangchuk Namgyal is delivering His responsibilities commensurating to His high position as the 13th Denjong Chogyal
Tashi Deleg, Khamri and Namaste !
October 9th, 2009 at 2:54 am
is’nt that those pictures should be more than than a mere picture to remember those glorious ‘SIKKIMESE’ days ? I guess if those pictures should bring the real connotation in its practical form, the understanding of one’s belngiongness to a lost pride which i believe or made to believe would hard to redeem back.
Mr. Upendra, the lost of a nation state would not always signify its inheretant unwarranted political-social-economic lopholes or so, it has much more more factors and implications that you fail to recognise.
Mr S Wangdi ! HH THE 13th Denjong’CHOGYAL’ and [not Prince]Wangchuk Namgyal is delivering His responsibilities commensurating to His high position as the 13th Denjong Chogyal
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:52 am
hi its grea thing to get such hisoric pictures of course it gives some information and dignity of sikkim eventhough iam from Nepal rt. now living in London I can SHARE SOME historic pictures from British library London IF VIEWERS WISHH THANX
December 5th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
it is sad that these photographs have been shamelessley lifted off my book with no decency to even give credit to the photographer who happens to be my late father Mr Madhusudan singh.who so ever has done this please have a heart to put the record right.
Meera madhusudan.
December 18th, 2009 at 4:32 am
hi Meera..can u name the book…..these are really valuable piece of ur father’s work..we should thank him for those pics….it is through his eye we are looking at our past…..
regards
SHITAL PRADHAN
http://sikhim.blogspot.com/
January 18th, 2010 at 5:21 am
meera madhusudan the photos were sent to me via email by friend of mine, I really regret that i didn’t know exact name of the publisher.
January 18th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
My all greetings to all Sikkimese people.I know history and Sikkim reality now.I have visited Sikkim twice.Situation in Sikkim is worse and worse from time to time…India force origin Sikkim people to forget glory history of Sikkim kingdom.I am so sad Sikkim people are refugees in their own country.Only way for Sikkim is Independnce!