Bylakuppe (བྷ་ཡ་ལ་ཀུཔེ།) is a region in

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

which is home to the Indian town Bylakuppe and several Tibetan settlements, established by Lugsum Samdupling (in 1961) and Dickyi Larsoe (in 1969). Bylakuppe is the largest Tibetan settlement in the world outside Tibet. It is located in

Periyapatna Periyapatna, also known as Piriyāpattana, is a town in Mysore district. It is known for being a major producer of tobacco, and is called 'the land of tobacco'. There are popular temples in Periyapatna, the Kannambadi Amma and Masanikamma templ ...

Taluk of Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There are a number of

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and temples representing the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions, including the large educational monastic institution

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, the smaller Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (both in the

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tradition) and Namdroling Monastery (in the

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tradition). It also has Buddhist universities for advanced Buddhist practices.

History

In 1960, the Government of

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

(as

was called at that time) allotted nearly of land at Bylakuppe in Mysore district in Karnataka and the first ever Tibetan exile settlement, Lugsung Samdupling was established in 1961.

Population

The town is mainly inhabited by Tibetans who, according to a demographic survey carried out by the Central Tibetan Administration's Planning Commission in 1998, accounted for 50,727 individuals at that time.

Image gallery

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Tashi Lhunpo
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Tashi Lhunpo Hostel

Climate

The Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

References

External links

Brief description of Dickyi LarsoeBrief description of Lugsum Samdupling

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Tibetan diaspora in India Cities and towns in Mysore district Buildings and structures in Mysore district Tourist attractions in Mysore district