The Dzonkar incarnation has its seat at Dzongkar Monastery in Amdo. The First Dzongkar was Sherab Tashi, who founded in the monastery in 1683. He was also known as the First Maṇipa, a title which is also held by subsequent Dzongkar Tulkus.
Biographies
The Fourth Maṇipa, Lobzang Gyatso
b.1851 - d.1896
Lobzang Chokyi Gyatso was the Fourth Maṇipa, a line of incarnations also known as the Dzongkar Lama and which was based at Dzongkar Monastery in Amdo. He was educated at Rongwo Monastery.
