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Crown Prince Tenzing of Sikkim

By himalayanreview
Here i am sharing few photographs related to Royal family of Sikkim from the collection of a gentleman from Australia named Harold. He was kind enough to let me share his collection that also includes letters send by Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal. He writes for his blog Radical Royalist, that speaks of the volumes of his love for Royal Monarchies across the globe. To speak off he does have a nice collection of write ups and photographs of monarchies that have lost to the wheel of clock.

To start with, below is the photograph of Crown Prince Tenzing of Sikkim, son of the 12th Chogyal and Sangey Deki, daughter of Yapshi Samdu Phodrang of Tibet. The Crown Prince died in a car accident on 11th March 1978.


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  1. radical royalistSeptember 07, 2009 6:36 AM

    Thank you for re-publishing the photos of the Sikkimese Royal Family and for crediting my blog. You tongue in cheek remark about "monarchies that have lost the wheel of clock" is ok. But the question is: Have the countries really benefitted by the abolition of the Monarchy? Since the murder of King Faisal II Iraq has had 51 years of dictatorship, oppression and foreign occupation. Afghanistan has suffered 39 years of civil war, foreign "intervention" and rule of warlords. Hardly very progressive.

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  2. himalayanreviewSeptember 07, 2009 8:36 AM

    Thanks Sir..for visiting and dropping your valuable comments on my small blog. Sikkim had started living with the present, they have almost forgotten their golden past. I am sorry to say but this is a fact out here.

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  3. VWBlumJuly 10, 2012 8:22 AM

    Do you have any idea where the original print or negative of this photo might be? I am working on a project that involves archiving photographs of reincarnated Buddhist masters and this seems to be a very rare and beautiful one. Please let me know if you might be able to help me with this, sincerely, Virginia

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  4. VWBlumJuly 10, 2012 8:24 AM

    Do you have any idea where I might be able to find the original print or negative of this photo?

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  5. VWBlumJuly 10, 2012 8:24 AM

    Do you have any idea where I might be able to find the original print or negative of this photo?

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  6. AnonymousDecember 13, 2012 2:19 PM

    May be you should try at Namgyal instute of tibetology located in gangtok,Sikkim.

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