![[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim] [Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvcGFsZGVuLXRob25kdXAtbmFtZ3lhbC1raW5nLW9mLXNpa2tpbS1hbmQtaG9wZS1jb29rZS1xdWVlbi1vZi1zaWtraW0taW4tYnJvY2FkZWQtODgwZjE2LTEwMjQuanBn/320/225/jpg 320w, https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/10/05/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-in-brocaded-880f16-640.jpg 640w, https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvcGFsZGVuLXRob25kdXAtbmFtZ3lhbC1raW5nLW9mLXNpa2tpbS1hbmQtaG9wZS1jb29rZS1xdWVlbi1vZi1zaWtraW0taW4tYnJvY2FkZWQtODgwZjE2LTEwMjQuanBn/960/676/jpg 960w, https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/10/05/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-in-brocaded-880f16-1024.jpg 1024w)
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[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]
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Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69.
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4912
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress).
Also represented in LOT 14034-1, pg. no. 004 (color reference copy).
Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010: 106).
Palden Thondup Namgyal was the hereditary ruler of the independent Kingdom of Sikkim, located in the eastern Himalayas. He ruled the kingdom from 1963 to 1975, when it was annexed by India. Queen Hope Cooke was an American woman who became the queen consort of Sikkim through her marriage to Palden Thondup Namgyal in 1963. She was a controversial figure in Sikkimese politics.
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