Thub-bstan-dngos-grub, Gnas-chung Chos-skyong, 1957-

found: Thub-bstan-dngos-grub, Gnas-chung Chos-skyong. Dalaĭ Lamyn Choĭzhin, 2011:cover (Tu̇vdėn Gotov [in romanized Tibetan: Thub-bstan-dngos-grub]) page 12, etc. (Tu̇vdėn Gotov; born July 13, 1957, Pagri, TAR; fled from China to Bhutan with his family, 1966; became novice lama in Dharmsāla,1971; on March 31, 1987 recognized as the 17th Naĭchu̇n Choĭzhin [in romanized Tibetan: Gnas-chung Chos-skyong]; lives in the Naĭchu̇n Monastery in Dharmsāla)

found: Nechung Monastery web site, viewed April 28, 2016 (The present oracle, Ven. Thupten Ngodup was born in Tibet in 1958 [sic] and is a descendent of the famous Tantric Master, Nga-dak Nyang-relwa (1136-1204). Following the Chinese invasion, he fled with his parents into exile to India and later joined the Nechung Monastery as a novice monk in 1971. In 1987, he was recognized as the true successor of the previous Nechung Medium, who passed away in 1984. He was officially enthroned in 1988 as the Nechung Medium, the Chief State Oracle of Tibet) - http://nechungfoundation.org/oracle.html