Bylakuppe

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Bylakuppe
Shanghapornigy Hongy
Town
Bylakuppe. Mysore (5).jpg
Three Pillars
Nickname: 
Mini Tibet
Bylakuppe
Coordinates: 12°24′15″N76°01′42″E / 12.404270°N 76.028400°E / 12.404270; 76.028400
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Karnataka
District Mysore district
Named after Tourism pleasant climate
Taluk Piriyapatna
Area
 • Total
10 km2 (3.9 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 constituencyMysore-Kodagu
Climate Tropical wet and dry (Köppen)
Coffee Shop Kushal Nagar (1).jpg
Coffee Shop
Taste of Tibet Taste of Tibet Restaurant. Bylakuppe.jpg
Taste of Tibet
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery built in 2015 Bylakuppe. Tashi Lhunpo Monastery.jpg
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery built in 2015

Bylakuppe 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.

Contents

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.

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)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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 days112714192018141473120
Average relative humidity (%)57515468788789888583756473
Mean daily sunshine hours 99.59.89.38.15.85.65.56.16.56.97.77.5
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 866m) [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Encouraged By Rising Support From Intellectuals in China: His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Central Tibetan Administration". Tibet.net. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Climate: Bylakuppe - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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