B Y L A K U P P E Location
: Located in Karnataka.
Tourist
Spot » From Bylakuppe Golden Temple Mysore
How to reach Bylakuppe? : Roadway :
Nearest Town Kushalnagar from Bangalore 250 kms, Mysore 50 kms
: Railway :
Nearest Railway Mysore
: Airway :
Nearest Mysore Airport
History of Bylakuppe
Bylakuppe is the Tibetitan Refugee resettlement, location of "Lugsum Samdupling" (established in 1961) and "Dickyi Larsoe" (established in 1969), in the west of Mysore district. The nearest town is Kushalnagar in Kodagu in the State of Karnataka.
The Tibetian refugees make up a population of about 10,000. It consists of a number of small camps/agricultural settlements close to each other, and has a number of monasteries, nunneries and temples in all the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Most notable among them are the large educational monastic institution Sera, the smaller Tashilunpo monastery (both in the Gelukpa tradition) and Namdroling monastery (in the Nyingma tradition). The spectacular Golden Temple which is also a major tourist spot in the area.
Golden Temple