Khenchen Tulku Shekar Rinpoche

Tulku Shekar Rinpoche, also known as Jamtul Rinpoche, served as the interim Lama after Lama Sherab Rinpoche passed away. He was born in Doetoe Nangchen Taktser Puntsang, Tibet, in 1910, to father Taksar Kuntentar and mother Punsa Karzey Lhamu, and was recognized as the third Jamtul Rinpoche by Palyeon Dhampa Dupwang Tashi Chophel.

As a child he studied under Lodoey Tenzin, and at thirteen went to Lhatse Yee Choder, where the Ngakpa lama Khenchen Pema Namgyal taught him the Nyingma prayers and rituals. He became an expert in both the sutras and tantras, in painting, traditional Tibetan crafts and spiritual dancing, and wrote a book on the peaceful Gesar of Ling. He meditated in the mountains for several years before travelling to spread the dharma, teaching at Kunsang Doenagling and at Gyaltsab Reting Rinpoche's monastery for many years.

He came to India as a refugee in 1959 and settled at Dundul Raptenling Monastery in Odisha, where he was elected the third president and served to develop it for one and a half years.