A Khambo Lama is the title given to the senior lama of a Buddhist monastery in Mongolia and Russia. It is sometimes translated to the Christian title abbot.
Current khambo lamas
Mongolia • Khambo lama of Gandantegchinlen Khiid - Khamba Lama, Gabju Demberelyn Choijamts Russia • Buryatia - Pandito Hambo Lama XXIV - Damba Badmayevich Ayusheev • Tuva - Kamba Lama V of Tuva - Saldum Baska (Tsultim Tenzin) • Altai - Hambo Lama - Mergen Vasilyevich Shagayev ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:Hambo Lama.jpg|Khambo lama of the Tamchinsky datsan in 1886 File:Late 1800s photo of Khamba Lama of the Selenginsk Datsan (cropped).png|Late 1800s photo of Khamba Lama of the Selenginsk ==See also==