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Choden is a Tibetan and Bhutanese name that may refer to *Phuntsho Choden (1911–2003), late Queen Grandmother of Bhutan * Kesang Choden (born 1930), Queen Grandmother of Bhutan *Sangay Choden (born 1963), Queen Mother of Bhutan * Kesang Choden (born 1982), Princess of Bhutan * Euphelma Choden (born 1993), Princess of Bhutan *Dorji Choden (born 1960), Bhutanese politician *Khendum Choden, Bhutanese poet and author *Kunzang Choden (born 1952), Bhutanese writer *Kunzang Choden (born 1984), Bhutanese sports shooter *Kyabje Choden Rinpoche (1931–2015), Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master and Scholar * Tshering Choden (born 1979), Bhutanese archer *Tashi Choden (born 1998 or 1999), Bhutanese-Tibetan pageant titleholder See also *Choden F.C. Choden was a football club from Bhutan, based at Changlimithang, consisting of players from the U-19 Bhutan national team, who played in the Bhutan A-Division, then the top level of football in Bhutan, but since replaced by a full nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phuntsho Choden
Ashi Phuntsho Choden (1911–2003) was the Queen consort of Bhutan. Early life ''Ashi'' Phuntsho Choden was born in 1911 at Wangducholing Palace to ''Chumed Zhalgno'', ''Dasho'' Jamyang (of the Tamzhing Choji family - also known as the Myo family -) and ''Ashi'' Decho, daughter of ''Ashi'' Yeshay Choden (who was the sister of Druk Gyalpo ''Gongsar'' Ugyen Wangchuck). She had two full-brothers and two full-sisters, and another half-siblings by the second marriages of her parents: * ''Dasho'' Gonpo Dorji, ''Chumed Zhalgno''. * ''Ashi'' Pema Dechen (1918–1991). * ''Dasho'' Lam Nado (1920–1989). * ''Ashi'' Chimi. From an early age, ''Ashi'' Phuntsho Choden received a traditional education, including lessons on Buddhism. She received teachings, empowerment, and reading transmissions in the Drukpa Kargyu, Karma Kargyu, Dujom, Peling, and Nyingthig traditions from renowned Buddhist lamas. Marriage and family She married Bhutan's second king, a cross cousin, Jigme Wangchuck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesang Choden (born 1930)
Ashi Kesang Choden (born 21 May 1930) is the Queen Grandmother of Bhutan and the widow of the late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. She participates in royal duties of her own accord. She is the only queen grandmother in the world. In Bhutan she is called ''The Royal Grandmother''. Education She was educated at the St Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, India, as well as the House of Citizenship, London. In her reminiscence, the Queen notes: Marriage and family She married to Crown Prince of Bhutan (''Druk Gyalsey''), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, at the Ugyen Pelri Thang Palace, Paro, on 5 October 1951. She became Queen consort of Bhutan in 1952 when her husband, King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, ascended to the throne upon the death of his father. In 1953 she was expecting her first child, a daughter. Her first daughter arrived earlier than she expected as she was waiting for a Western doctor and her mother to travel to Thimphu to help with the delivery. The previous Queen, ''Ashi'' Phuntsho Choden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangay Choden
Queen Mother Sangay Choden (born May 11, 1963) is one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who ruled in Bhutan from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. She is the Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude, literally meaning "Queen Mother") of Bhutan. Biography Her father, ''Yab Dasho'' Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (03/04/2002). Her mother is ''Yum'' Thuiji Zam (b. 1932). She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India. Her three brothers are: * ''Lyonpo'' Sangay Ngedup (b. 1953), former Prime Minister of Bhutan. * ''Dasho'' Ugyen Tsechup (b. 1964). * ''Dasho'' Topgay (b. 1966). Her five sisters are (three of them are the other Queen Mothers): * ''Ashi'' Beda (b. 1951). * HM ''Ashi'' Dorji Wangmo (b. 1955). * HM ''Ashi'' Tshering Pem (b. 1957). * HM ''Ashi'' Tshering Yangdon (b. 1959), mother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. * ''Ashi'' Sonam Choden (b. 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesang Choden Wangchuck
Princess ''Ashi'' Kesang Choden Wangchuck (born 23 January 1982), is a member of the royal family of Bhutan. She is a daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother ''Ashi'' Tshering Pem Wangchuck, one of the former king's four wives, all of whom are sisters and held the title 'queen consort'. She is a half-sister of the current Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who became king following the abdication of his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck on 9 December 2006. HRH Ashi Kezang Choden Wangchuck is the Royal Patron of the Gross National Happiness Center. Biography HRH Ashi Kezang Choden Wangchuck attended Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug High School in Thimphu and later attended Dana Hall in Massachusetts, United States. Her Royal Highness graduated from Stanford University. HRH married '' Dasho'' Palden Yoser Thinley at the Dechencholing Palace on November 11, 2008, on a day coinciding with the 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphelma Choden Wangchuck
Princess ''Ashi'' Euphelma Choden Wangchuck (born 6 June 1993) is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Mother ''Ashi'' Sangay Choden Wangchuck. She is half-sister of the fifth King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Biography Princess Euphelma Choden Wangchuck is the youngest daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan, currently King-Father of Bhutan. She has been educated in the exclusive Swiss boarding school, Institut Le Rosey, in Rolle (promotion of 2011). On 1 July 2011 she visited the Alhambra with her mother, Queen ''Ashi'' Sangay Choden Wangchuck. Later she studied Sociology at the Georgetown University in the United States, graduating in 2016. She attended the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Asian Para Games on 6 October in the Indonesian capital city Jakarta (the first time Bhutan sent a delegation to the event). Marriage and children On 29 October 2020, she married '' Dasho'' Thinley Norbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorji Choden
''Aum'' Dorji Choden (born 5 December 1960) is a Bhutanese politician. She was appointed minister of Bhutan's Works and Human Settlement Ministry in 2013, making her the first woman to serve as a minister in Bhutanese cabinet. Education She received her primary and secondary schooling in Bhutan and earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. She also has a master's degree in public administration from Syracuse University in the United States. Civil service career Choden started her career as an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, which made her the first female engineer in Bhutan. She later served as chief of the Public Health Engineering Division of Bhutan. In January 2000 she became the director of the Standard and Quality Control Authority of Bhutan. In January 2006 she was appointed as a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bhutan, an autonomous body which was established in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khendum Choden
Khendum Choden is a poet, author, and the first Bhutanese Ph.D. graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She is the daughter of a diplomat from the Kingdom of Bhutan and has also lived in Bangladesh, India and the United States. She was educated at Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School, then in Humanities High School in New York, USA, graduating in 2001. She started a course in Business Management and Economics in Stony Brook University, graduating in 2005, and has a doctoral degree in International Business/ Information Systems from UTEP. She was awarded the UTEP Dodson Fellowship and the Marcus Jonathan Hunt Graduate Fellowship. She founded the Bhutanese Students Association at UTEP and served as the President of the Association Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunzang Choden
Kunzang Choden (; born 1952) is a Bhutanese writer. She is the first Bhutanese woman to write a novel in English. Choden was born in Bumthang District. Her parents were feudal landlords. At the age of nine, her father sent her to school in India, where she learned English. She has a BA Honours in Psychology from Indraprastha College in Delhi and a BA in Sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has worked for the United Nations Development Program in Bhutan. She and her Swiss husband currently live in Thimphu. ''The Circle of Karma'', published by Penguin Books (India) in 2005, is her first novel. It takes place in the 1950s, the initial period of imperially regulated modernization in Bhutan. The main character, a Bhutanese woman and road-builder by occupation, is forced to deal both with the traditional, restrictive gender roles of pre-modern Bhutan and the new kinds of sexism developing as men gain economic freedom. Much of the novel is also set in North India. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunzang Choden (sport Shooter)
Kunzang Choden (born 14 August 1984) is a Bhutanese sports shooter. She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... She currently is the coach of Olympic qualifier Lenchu Kunzang. References External links * 1984 births Living people People from Thimphu Bhutanese female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Bhutan Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics {{Bhutan-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyabje Choden Rinpoche
(Kyabje) Choden Rinpoche (; in full, (May 31, (Tibetan New Year) 1930 Rong-bo district, Kham, eastern Tibet – September 11, 2015) was a contemporary yogi-scholar of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and a reincarnation ('sprul-sku') of the Choden lineage, the historical abbots of Rabten Monastery ( in Rong-bo district, Kham. The late Choden Rinpoche, Losang Gyalten Jigdrel Wangchuk (''lit''. "Teaching of the victorious Losang lo-bzang rgyal-bstan fearless ig-bralsovereign bang-phyug) has been known amongst his peers and students as "master of the five sciences" Geshe Gyalten Kunga: "The life Story of H.E. Choden Rinpoche", public talk held at "Elysium" event venue, Lindenstrasse 12, 14467 Potsdam (Germany); hosted by Kringellocken-Kloster (https://www.kringellocken-kloster.de/) in cooperation witAwakening Vajra Internationalon September 2, 2016. (viz. medicine, craftsmanship, logic, grammar and the inner science of Buddhism), as extraordinary scholar of Tibetan Budd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshering Choden (archer)
Tshering Choden (born 6 July 1980) is an archer from Bhutan who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Choden entered the 2004 Summer Olympics with a world ranking of 176. She was one of two Bhutanese athletes taking part in the Games, the other being with fellow archer Tashi Peljor, and was selected as Bhutan's flagbearer for the Games' opening ceremony. Choden began the Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's individual, women's individual event with fifty-fourth place in the preliminary 72-arrow ranking round, scoring 600 points from 720. She delivered a surprise result in the opening elimination round with victory over China's Lin Sang by a margin of three points, becoming the first Bhutanese archer ever to win a match at the Olympics. Choden faced India's Reena Kumari in the second round, the pair posting identical scores of 134 points over the regulation eighteen arrows. On the subsequent tie-breaking arrow Kumari outscored Choden by seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashi Choden
Tashi Choden Chombal (also: Tashi Chombal Dorji ; born 29 March 1998) is a Bhutanese model and beauty pageant titleholder. In 2022, she won the title of Miss Bhutan, representing her country at the Miss Universe pageant. She is one of the first openly homosexual people in her conservative home country. Early life Tashi Choden's mother, Kinley Wangmo, ran a business in Wangdue Phodrang, and her father, Chombal, was a businessman from the Kham region of Tibet . The parents met in Thimphu, and immediately after their daughter was born, the family moved to the Indian state of Nagaland. Since the father was often absent due to constant business trips, mother and daughter moved back to Wangdue Phodrang three years later. The father died a year later when Tashi Choden was four years old, the mother remarried. When Tashi Choden was 14 years old, her mother also died, she grew up in the care of her aunt and grandmother, stepfather Dorji and two younger stepsiblings. The variants of her off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
