The 10th Dalai Lama (born Tsultrim Gyatso; full spiritual name: Ngawang Lobzang Jampel Tsultrim Gyatso) () (25 or 26 May 1816 – 30 September 1837) was the 10th Dalai Lama of Tibet, and born in Litang, Kham. He was fully ordained in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, studied the sutras and tantras, had several students, and rebuilt the Potala Palace.
Tsultrim Gyatso was born to a modest family known as Drongto Norbutsang (grong stod nor bu tshang) in Lithang, Kham, Tibet. His father was Lobzang Nyendrak (blo bzang snyan grags) and his mother was Namgyel Butri (rnam rgyal bu khrid). The 9th Dalai Lama Lungtok Gyatso had died in 1815, and five years passed before this incarnation was found.
Tsultrim Gyatso was chosen from a field of six potential incarnates of the 9th Dalai Lama Lungtok Gyatso. Preferred as the best by the Tibetan oracle and government officials in 1820, he travelled to Lhasa in 1821 after which the Kalon (regent) Demo Ngawang Lobzang Tubten Jigme Gyatso died. The Qing emperor's representatives (ambans) then insisted that their "golden urn" be used to confirm the incarnation, delaying the enthronement for a year.
During that year of delay, Tibetan historians state
The enthronement of the 10th Dalai Lama, Tsultrim Gyatso, was held at the Potala Palace on 23 September 1822, which is the eighth day of the eighth lunar month of the Water Horse Year.
Soon after his enthronement in 1822, the Dalai Lama received his pre-novice ordination from the Seventh Panchen Lama Lobzang Palden Tenpai Nyima