Tibetan Buddhist leader missing for 8 months has died, monastery confirms

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Updated at 15:30 on April 4, 2025.

The death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader who went missing eight months ago shortly after he publicly called for the preservation of Tibetan language and culture was confirmed in a statement by his monastery.

Tibetans inside Tibet took to social media platforms on Thursday to mourn the loss of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, age 56. He was the 10th abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade (Gande in Chinese) county of Golog in Qinghai province. He was renowned as a philanthropist, educator and religious teacher.

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