Thame Monastery or "Dharma wheels Of Great Bliss is located in khumbu,Two hundred meters above thame(3800m) on the southern slope of Sumdur Mountain(5377m), under a very high rocky cliff with many auspicious shapes Marks. According to the oral trasition,the Thangme monastery was founded by lama Sangwa Dorjee's middle brother Rolpe Dorjee, Not to be mistaken for the Lama of the same name who built the nearby kyarog Gomba about one century later. The particular iron is still preserved in the main shrine of the gompa and is displayed during the annual Dumjee Festival. Thangme Gompa has had various Lama's or the Head monk of the Monastery since it was founded. Here are the Linage of the Head Lama's of the Gomba. Rolpe Dorje( 17th c)
Rinzin Tenpa Sangye(18th C)
Rinzin Pema Longyang(18th c)
Tulku Nawang Dorje(19th c)
Chatang Choying Rangdrol(19th c)
Nawang Trinle Lhundrub(1865-1895)
Kunzang Dechen Gyalpo(1895-1915)
Nawang Yonten Norbu(1936)
Nawang Tsering Dondrub(1923-1958)
Ngodrub Dorje(1967)
Nawang shedrub Tenpe Gyaltsen(1958-2008)
Tulku Nawang Lopsang(Present tulku of Lama Ngodrub Dorje)
