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Kunzang Gyeltsen was the Fifteenth Je Khenpo of Bhutan. A student of previous men who held the position, he is known for his verse biography of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel.

Pamo Zombum Pelshi was a daughter of the Tselpa family. She married Kuzhang Drakpa Gyeltsen, the head of the Kuzhang family who rebuilt Zhalu Monastery and invited Buton Rinchen Drub to take the monastic throne in 1321.

Jomo Pema was a member of the Kuzhang family that controlled Zhalu Monastery. She married Nangchen Pakpa Pel of Gyantse and together they had a son named Kunga Pakpa who became head of Pelkhor Chode.

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