Choekyong Tsering

Choekyong Tsering (Tibetan: ཆོས་སྐྱོང་ཚེ་རིང) (1899–1947)^[1] was the father of Lhamo Thondup, more commonly known as the Dalai Lama.

Choekyong Tsering
Tsering (second from right) in 1947 by Amaury de Riencourt
Born	1899 Taktser, Amdo, Qing Dynasty
Died	1947(1947-00-00) (aged 47–48) Lhasa, Tibet
Spouse	Diki Tsering
Children	16, including Tenzin Gyatso

Life

Choekyong Tsering was born in 1899 in Taktser. He worked as a farmer with his wife growing buckwheat and potatoes,^[2] and survived an illness around the time of Thondup's birth.^[2] He died in 1947 in Lhasa.^{[citation needed]}