Namgyal Drolma
Namgyal Drolma (c.1887-c.1960) was a special practitioner from Pémakö, the wife of Trülku Jampal Norbu, and the mother of Düdjom Jigdrel Yéshé Dorjé, and Trülku Palden.
As a descendant of the fifteen-century tertön Ratna Lingpa, the family branch of Namgyal Drolma of had emigrated from eastern Bhutan to Pemakö. There, at sixteen, she became the wife of Trülku Jampal Norbu, a son of Trépo Sang Ngak—the Twenty-Fourth Kanam Dépa, the family ruler of Powo. With him, she had two sons: Düdjom Jigdrel Yéshé Dorjé, and Trülku Palden.
After the passing of her first husband, Namgyal Drolma married Pékö Lama Könchok Rabten, a direct student of Düdjom Lingpa. Just before the political turmoil of the 1960s, Namgyal Drolma passed away in Pémakö.
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