Chogyal Minjur Tempa

Chogyal Minjur Tempa༼ཆོས་རྒྱལ་སྨིན་འགྱུར།༽ (born Damchho Lhendrub in 1613) was the third Druk Desi, the secular head of Bhutan, and previously the first penlop (governor) of Trongsa (Trongsab)[1] His tenure as penlop was notable for the building of a watchtower[2] and the unification of eight Eastern Districts into the Sharchog Khorlo Tsibgye[3].

Chogyal
Minjur Tempa
Druk Desi
In office
1667–1680
Nominated byNgawang Namgyal, the 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche
Preceded byLa Ngyenpa Tenzin Drukdra
Succeeded byGyalsey Tenzin Rabgye
Trongsa Penlop
In office
1647–?
Personal details
Born
Damchho Lhendrub

1613
Min-Chhud, Tibet
Died1680

Background

Chogyal Minjur Tempa was born in 1613༼༡༦༡༣༽ in Min-Chhud, Tibet, ༼བོད༽as Damchho Lhendrub. He became a monk at an early age. He was appointed as Umzey(Chant Master) before he was appointed as the first Penlop of Trongsa by Ngawang Namgyal in 1647. As a Penlop of Trongsa, he was sent to Sharchog Khorlo Tsibgye༼ཤར་ཕྱོགས་འཁོར་ལོ་རྩིབ་བརྒྱད།༽ to fight against the lords of Eastern Bhutan, which he was successful. He built many dzongs of Lhuentse, Trashigang, Jakar, and Zhemgang, and built Ta Dzong in Trongsa. Later in the year 1667, he was appointed as the 2nd Druk Desi by Ngawang Namgyal.༼ངག་དབང་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།༽

References
  1. "Taa Dzong". www.trongsa.gov.bt (in Dzongkha). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. Ltd, eBizity Pte. "Trongsa - Explore Happiness Photo Contest". Happiness Travel. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. "RAOnline Bhutan: Politics - Chhoetse Penlop - A historical background of the Chhoetse Penlop". www.raonline.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-20.



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