Kushok Bakula Rinpoche – Buddhist leader and monk from Ladakh
Released by the Mongol Post, the stamp is dedicated to 19th Rinpoche, a Buddhist lama, who also served as India’s ambassador to Mongolia. Bakula Rinpoche, as the longest serving Indian Ambassador to Mongolia, made seminal contribution to promotion of India-Mongolia ties.
He is mainly known for his efforts in reviving Buddhism in Mongolia by linking them with the community of Tibetan exiles in India.
India calls Mongolia its “spiritual neighbour” and cultural ties between the two countries have strengthened since the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mongolia in 2015.
