| Khedrup Gelek Pelzang | |
|---|---|
| 1st Panchen Lama of Tibet | |
 Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama | |
| Predecessor | Yungtön Dorjepel |
| Successor | Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama |
| Born | 1385 Tsang, Tibet |
| Died | 1438 (aged 52–53) |
| Tibetan | མཁས་གྲུབ་རྗེ་ |
| Wylie | mkhas-grub dge legs dpal bzang po |
| House | Panchen Lama |
Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama (1385–1438 CE) – better known as Khedrup Je – was one of the main disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, whose reforms to Atiśa's Kadam tradition are considered the beginnings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Khedrub Je is considered to be an emanation of Manjusri, the Buddha of Wisdom.