Bylakuppe

Bylakuppe (བྷ་ཡ་ལ་ཀུཔེ།) is a region in Karnataka 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 Taluk of Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Bylakuppe Shanghapornigy Hongy
Town
Three Pillars
Nickname:  Mini Tibet
Coordinates: 12.404270°N 76.028400°E / 12.404270; 76.028400
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore district
Named after	Tourism pleasant climate
Taluk	Piriyapatna
Area
• Total	10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Elevation	852 m (2,795 ft)
Population  (2011)(estimated)2021
• Total	70,000 (including Tibetans)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	571104
Telephone code	+91 8223
Vehicle registration	KA-45
Lok Sabha constituency	Mysore-Kodagu
Climate	Tropical wet and dry (Köppen)

Coffee Shop

Taste of Tibet

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery built in 2015

There are a number of monasteries and temples representing the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions, including the large educational monastic institution Sera Monastery, the smaller Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (both in the Gelug tradition) and Namdroling Monastery (in the Nyingma tradition). It also has Buddhist universities for advanced Buddhist practices.

History

In 1960, the Government of Mysore (as Karnataka was called at that time) allotted nearly 3,000 acres (12 km²) 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^[1] in 1998, accounted for 50,727 individuals at that time.

Image gallery

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  Auto Stand
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  Hunsur Monastery
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  Tashi Lhunpo Hostel
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  Namdroling Monastery
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  Inside the Namdroling Monastery
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  Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery
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  Sera Monastery
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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).^[2]

Climate data for Bylakuppe at 866 metres (2,841 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27.7 (81.9)	29.8 (85.6)	31.8 (89.2)	31.5 (88.7)	29.2 (84.6)	25.1 (77.2)	24 (75)	24.3 (75.7)	25.6 (78.1)	26 (79)	25.6 (78.1)	26 (79)	27.2 (81.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	21 (70)	22.8 (73.0)	24.8 (76.6)	25.1 (77.2)	23.9 (75.0)	21.8 (71.2)	21.1 (70.0)	21.1 (70.0)	21.6 (70.9)	21.6 (70.9)	21.1 (70.0)	20.4 (68.7)	22.2 (72.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	14.5 (58.1)	16.2 (61.2)	18.8 (65.8)	20.6 (69.1)	20.6 (69.1)	20 (68)	19.5 (67.1)	19.3 (66.7)	19.1 (66.4)	18.4 (65.1)	16.7 (62.1)	15 (59)	18.2 (64.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	5 (0.2)	6 (0.2)	15 (0.6)	52 (2.0)	109 (4.3)	213 (8.4)	243 (9.6)	177 (7.0)	118 (4.6)	157 (6.2)	62 (2.4)	19 (0.7)	1,176 (46.2)
Average rainy days	1	1	2	7	14	19	20	18	14	14	7	3	120
Average relative humidity (%)	57	51	54	68	78	87	89	88	85	83	75	64	73
Mean daily sunshine hours	9	9.5	9.8	9.3	8.1	5.8	5.6	5.5	6.1	6.5	6.9	7.7	7.5
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 866m)[2]