Buddhist monk Guru Tulku Rinpoche has received the Padma Shri award for spiritualism from President Ram Nath Kovind. Identified as the 12th incarnation in the lineage of Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso, who founded the Tawang Monastery, Guru Rinpoche studied at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics for 13 years. He is the 12th Abbot of Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery in Bomdila.