Background
No-Na-Hu-Tu-Keh-Tu was born in Changtu, Hsikang, China (Changtu, Liaoning, China) in 1865.
No-Na-Hu-Tu-Keh-Tu was born in Changtu, Hsikang, China (Changtu, Liaoning, China) in 1865.
As a born Hutukehtu or Buddhist patriarch, No-Na-Hu-Tu-Keh-Tu became the head of both political and religious affairs in Hsikang at age of twenty-five. In religion, he belongs to the Buddhist Red Sect in Tibet. In political affiliation, he was with the Chinese authorities and assisted the Chinese Government in the suppression of the rebellions of Mongol Princes in 1909. No-Na-Hu-Tu-Keh-Tu opposed the late Dalai Lama and was imprisoned by him for many years. He escaped from his prison and regained freedom in 1923, travelled to Peking from Hsikang and was well received by Marshal Tuan Chi-jui, then Chief Executive of China.
No-Na-Hu-Tu-Keh-Tu remained in Peking for one year in 1924-1925, was invited to Szechuan by Gen. Liu Hsiang to preach Buddhism in 1926 and won many converts to the faith. Then he was appointed member of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission by the National Government 1929 and concurrently Director of Nanking Office of the No-Na-Hu-Tu-Keh-Tu of Hsikang, which posts he was holding since 1929.