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Ani Choying Drolma

आनी छोइङ डोल्मा

Buddhist nun and musician from Nepal

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Ani Choying Drolma, also known as Choying Dolma and Ani Choying, is a Nepalese Buddhist nun of Tibetan origin and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Nepal. She is known in Nepal and throughout the world for bringing many Tibetan Buddhist chants and feast songs to mainstream audiences. She is the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal since 2014. She published her autobiographical book Phoolko Aankhama in 2008.

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Born
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Place of birth
Kathmandu wd
Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
singer, nun wd
Official website
choying.com wd
Social media
Facebook wd

Early life and education

Quoted from Wikipedia: Ani Choying Drolma (CC BY-SA 4.0); each sentence links the source Wikipedia cites for it. Checked 8 November 2026.

  • She entered monastic life as a means of escape from her physically abusive father, and she was accepted into the Nagi Gompa nunnery at the age of 13. NPR.org

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When was Ani Choying Drolma born?
Ani Choying Drolma was born on 4 June 1971 in Kathmandu.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Ani Choying Drolma · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): आनी छोइङ डोल्मा · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q455588 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: Ani Chöying Drölma 2011.jpg by Geraldstiehler (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  5. Wikipedia (English), revision used for cited facts: Ani Choying Drolma · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. NPR.org: Buddhist Nun Shares The Sound Of Music (13 March 2011)

Last updated · facts checked 8 November 2026

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"Ani Choying Drolma". DigiNepal. Last updated 26 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ani-choying-drolma. Retrieved 9 November 2026.

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