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sunnam is a beautiful village in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh. sunnam comes under pooh tehsil and village is divided into two parts- upper & lower sunnam. This village is famous for its own beauty, land of sangyas , local deity YULSA NARENUS G .To visit this village till Shioso we need to follow NH22. The bus service is limited, two in the morning & two buses in the evening. The private

vehicles are available from shioso khad. The agriculture & farming is the main source of income here. It is located 55 KM towards East from District head quarters Reckong Peo. 300KM from State capital Shimla
Sunnam Pin code is 172110 and postal head office is Speelo . Sunnam is surrounded by Reckong Peo Tehsil towards west , Kalpa Tehsil towards west , Nichar Tehsil towards west , Rampur Tehsil towards west . College near sunnam
Ts NEGI degree college .Address : Vill. kalpa distt. Kinnaurhimachal Pradesh
School in Sunnam
G.m.s.Sunnam.nd Primary school Address : sunnam , pooh , kinnaur , Himachal Pradesh . PIN- 172110
Telephone code 01785.....................
Dharma fellowship of H.E Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen Negi Rinpoche
Biography
Khunu Lama was born in 1895 in a small village called Sunnam in the Kinnaur Valley in modern day Himachal Pradesh. His father's family was Nyingma and his mother's was Drukpa Kagyü. As a young boy he was sent to his mother's family, where he began his studies under his maternal uncle, Rasvir Das. He went on to study with Sonam Gyaltsen, a student of Tokden Shakya Shri. In 1913, he went to Gangtok, where he met the great literary scholar and grammarian Orgyen Tendzin Rinpoche (1863-1936), who had travelled in Tibet and spent time at Tsurpu Monastery. Khunu Lama spent three years studying Sanskrit grammar with Orgyen Tendzin in Rumtek. He then went to Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, where he continues his studies of grammar and poetry and also began his serious study of buddhist philosophy. After three years there, he went to Lhasa where he studied further and also taught literary sciences at the famous Medical and Astrological centre and was a tutor to several noble families. At Drikung Til, he studied with the accomplished Drikung master Drubwang Amgön Rinpoche. He also studied Mahamudra at a Drukpa Kagyü centre called Khamda, and he studied at the three main Gelugpa monasteries of Drepung, Sera and Ganden. At the request of the Sixth Panchen Lama, Chökyi Nyima (1883-1937), he returned to Tashilhunpo and taught there at the school for prospective civil servants. It was there that he met Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso, who was on pilgrimage in Central Tibet. In the early 1920s, Khunu Lama travelled to Kham, where he stayed for approximately fourteen years. During this time he studied with Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Khenpo Shenga, Minyak Kunzang Sönam, Khenpo Kunpal, Khenpo Jamyang Gyaltsen, and many other masters from all schools. He also taught Sanskrit to Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Dezhung Rinpoche.