Samdup Taso
Samdup Taso was the last shaman to lead the indigenous Lepcha people of Sikkim in prayers to the mountain deity of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain peak.
Taso was an hereditary priest, who would lead prayers culminating in special rituals during the month of "Kursong".
Taso did not nominate a successor, and left the native villagers in the remote Dzongu region of north Sikkim without a 'Khangchendzonga Bongthings', thus ending an 800-year ritual.