Bylakuppe

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.

The settlements were established on land leased by the state government to resettle some of the Tibetan refugees who came to India after 1959. 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).
Tibetan Settlement, Bylakuppe depicts the stuggle and a life of exile tibetan people outside thier home! They may look happy and cheerful but deep within all voice for thier identity and for Tibet.