namgyel

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As there was another claimant to the throne of the Drugchen Rinpoche, Zhabdrung Ngawang-namgyel went into exile in Bhutan.

A Brief History of Drug Sang-ngag Choling Monastery 2003
The First Chogyel (Chos-rgyal), or Dharma King of Sikkim, Puntsog-namgyel (Phun-tshog rnam-rgyal) (b. 1604), of Mi-nyag ancestry, was chosen by the settlers from Tibet as both the temporal and spiritual leader of Sikkim.

A Brief History of Tsurpu Monastery 2003