Name: Kalkyi
Age: 30
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Choden
Mother’s Name: Pari
Affiliation: Barba village, Zamthang
Location of incident: Jonang Monastery, Dzamthang,Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Ch: Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2013-03-24
Info: A 30-year old Tibetan woman called Kalkyi set fire to herself close to Jonang Gonchen monastery in Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang), Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo). Kalkyi died immediately afterwards, according to Tibetan exile sources, and local people took her body to the monastery for prayers.
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