Je Tsongkhapa Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Je Tsongkhapa, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Tibet.

3 records1409–14193 events2 places

Chronological biography

1409

Foundation of Ganden Monastery1409

Religion / Gelug School · Buddhist Teacher · Ganden

Tsongkhapa founds Ganden Monastery, which becomes a principal Gelug institution.

Great Prayer Festival1409

Religion / Gelug School · Buddhist Teacher · Lhasa

Tsongkhapa organises the first Great Prayer Festival at the Jokhang in Lhasa.

1419

Death of Tsongkhapa1419

Religion / Gelug School · Buddhist Teacher · Ganden

Tsongkhapa dies at Ganden after establishing the Gelug school.

Titles and roles

Buddhist Teacher

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.