Bylakuppe is the location of "Lugsum Samdupling" (established in 1961) and "Dickyi Larsoe" (established in 1969), two adjacent Tibetan refugee settlements, in the west of Mysore district as well as a number of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. The nearest town is Kushalnagar in Kodagu in the State of Karnataka.

Population

According to a demographic survey carried out by the Central Tibetan Administration's [Planning Commission][271781] in 1998,{Planning Commission. 2004. Tibetan Community in Exile. Demographic and Socio-Economic Issues 1998 - 2001. Dharamsala: Office of Planning Commission} the refugees in the two settlements made up a population of 10.727 individuals at that time. However, it is unclear whether these figures included the Tibetan population in the monasteries. The settlements were established on land leased by the state government to accommodate some of the Tibetan refugees who came to resettle in India after 1959. Bylakuppe consists of a number of agricultural settlements / small camps 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).

See also

• Buddhism
• Karnataka

External links

• Brief description of Dickyi Larsoe
• Brief description of Lugsum Samdupling
• Sera monastery
• Namdroling monastery
• Buddhism and Reaching Bylakuppe
• One of the houses at Sera Jey Monastic University
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