page_title: Druk White Lotus School
section_title: Founder, patrons and supporters
hierarchical_section_title: Druk White Lotus School / Founder, patrons and supporters
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: douxième réincarantion drukpa English: His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, the spiritual leader of Ladakh.
context_page_description: The Druk White Lotus School is located in Shey, Ladakh, in northern India, and is known locally as the Druk Padma Karpo School. Karpo means White and Padma means Lotus in the local language Bodhi.
context_section_description: Founder
  The Gyalwang Drukpa
  Patrons
  The 14th Dalai Lama
  The 2nd Thuksey Rinpoche
  Honorary patrons
  Joanna Lumley OBE FRGS
  Richard Gere
  Dowager Countess Cawdor
  Viscount Cowdray and Viscountess Cowdray
  Supporters
  The Yardbirds
  Donovan
  Peaks Foundation
caption: The Gyalwang Drukpa, the spiritual leader of Ladakh
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