Samding Dorje Phagmo The 11th Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso (1 November 1838 – 31 January 1856)[1] was recognized by the Ganden Tripa as the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet and enthroned in 1842.

[1][2] In 1842, he was enthroned as the 11th Dalai Lama in the Potala Palace on the Full Moon day of the 4th Lunar month (24 May 1842).

In 1846 he became a preliminary monk (rab byung), and in 1848 at the age of eleven years he took the getsul novice vows of monkhood, while both were bestowed by the 7th Panchen Lama[3][1] He had a residence at the Norbulingka built in 1848, and participated in the annual Zhoton summer festival in Lhasa, while also traveling on pilgrimage to Samye Monastery, Mount Kailash and its Lake Manasarovar, and to other places.

He gave public audiences, taught, and stood for his examinations in 1852 and 1853, and passed.

[1] He wrote a book of stanzas, Story of the Monkeys and Birds (Bya sprel gyi gtam-rgyud).