Portrait of Karma Ngedon Gyatso
Photo: International Campaign for Tibet · Used with permission arranged by V-TAG, 2026-10-15
Record
SI-128
Date
Place
Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal
Country
In exile · Nepal
Age
38
Affiliation
Monk
Outcome
Died

What happened

According to ICT, Karma Ngedon Gyatso, a 38-year-old monk who had come into exile from Tibet in October 2011 and lived with a severe disability, set fire to himself at the Boudha Stupa in Kathmandu on 6 August 2013 after lighting butter-lamps as a prayer offering, and died. It was the second fatal self-immolation by a Tibetan monk in Kathmandu that year.

Sources & References

Primary records