Who is Jebtsundamba Khutuktu?

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The thirteenth Dalai Lama died in December 1933, and Reting Rinpoche became Regent of Tibet until a new Dalai Lama was discovered and coronated. Because of the inability of the Mongolian lamas to proclaim the discovery of the ninth Khutughtu, Reting Rinpoche in 1936, recognised Jampal Namdol Chökyi Gyaltsen, then age four, as the reincarnation of the eighth Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, after the boy passed three sets of tests. In July 1999, while visiting Mongolia on a tourist visa, Jampal Namdol took part in an enthronement ceremony at the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. He continues to live in exile in India. Due to the complex political situation, his existence was kept a secret. The Khalkha Jebtsundamba Khutuktu (literally, "Holy Venerable Lord") is the spiritual head of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. He also holds the title of Bogd Gegeen, making him the top-ranked lama in Mongolia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebtsundamba_Khutuktu Nov 14 08, 8:26 PM