Ngawang Namgyal (later granted the honorific Zhabdrung Rinpoche, approximately “at whose feet one submits”) alternate spellings include ZhabdrungNgawang Namgyal (later granted the honorific Zhabdrung Rinpoche, approximately "at whose feet one submits") alternate spellings include Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel; 1594–1651) and known colloquially as The Bearded Lama, was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state. In addition to unifying the various warring fiefdoms for the first time in the 1630s, he also sought to create a distinct Bhutanese cultural identity separate from the Tibetan culture from... Ngawang Namgyel; 1594–1651) and known colloquially as The Bearded Lama, was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state. In addition to unifying the various warring fiefdoms for the first time in the 1630s, he also sought to create a distinct Bhutanese cultural identity separate from the Tibetan culture from which it was derived.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngawang_Namgyal
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