Venerable Thupten Ngodup – Nechung Oracle

Venerable Thupten Ngodup, Nechung Kuten-la, the medium for the Nechung Oracle (Kuten), the State Oracle of Tibet, holds a position of great responsibility for the Tibetan Government as the Tibetan State Oracle – a healer and spiritual advisor to the Dalai Lama.  Nechung Kuten-la escaped Tibet with his family in 1966.  He ordained at Nechung Monastery in 1970 at the age of 12, in Dharamsala, India. He served as a ritual assistant of the previous Nechung Rinpoche. Then after receiving signs, visions and confirmation from His Holiness Dalai Lama, in 1987, he was recognized as the next Nechung Oracle.