Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama

Khedrup Gelek Pelzang
1st Panchen Lama of Tibet
Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama
Predecessor	Yungtön Dorjepel
Successor	Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama
Born	1385 Tsang, Tibet
Died	1438 (aged 52–53)
Tibetan	མཁས་གྲུབ་རྗེ་
Wylie	mkhas-grub dge legs dpal bzang po
House	Panchen Lama

Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama (1385–1438 CE) – better known as Khedrup Je –  was one of the main disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, whose reforms to Atiśa's Kadam tradition are considered the beginnings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Khedrub Je is considered to be an emanation of Manjusri, the Buddha of Wisdom.