Yeshe Lodoi Rinpoché

Yeshe Lodoi Rinpoche (; 1943 – 7 February 2025) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and singer.

Biography Born in Litang County in 1943, Rinpoche joined a Gelug monastery at a young age. At the age of 13, he entered Drepung Monastery, where he stayed until the , settling in India. Until 1969, he took refuge at Buxa Fort, having been ordained by the 14th Dalai Lama in 1963. From 1969 to 1971, he lived in Dharamsala and worked as chief librarian of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. He briefly returned to Mongolia before working to restore the monastic system back in Buryatia. In December 1994, he consecrated several monasteries, including the Tamchinsky datsan. In 1997, he obtained Russian citizenship and moved to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia. Thereafter, he was a full-time professor at Ivolginsky Datsan in Ulan-Ude. In 2018, he was invited by Erdne Ombadykow to Elista, the capital city of Kalmykia.

Yeshe Lodoi Rinpoche died at Swayambhunath in Kathmandu on 7 February 2025.