bylakuppe, the first tibetan settlement outside tibet

last weekend our coorg trip ended with few hours in bylakuppe which is the first tibetan monastery outside of tibet, established in early 60s.

we visited the "golden temple" which is the main temple of the community, a masterpiece in itself. the main building is huge, with gilded tops, and amazing tibetan style buddhist murals inside.









this temple and its murals are a riot of color, as you will see in these pictures.

the beautiful temple doors

door details

here are the amazing statues of guru padmasambhava, buddha and amitayush buddha.

now that you have enjoyed the beautiful idols, try to locate a man in blue shirt at the very bottom of this image above, to get the idea of scale :) if you cant see the man, click on the image to see it in larger size.

inside the temple

prayer desks.

prayer texts

 

 

some details of the amazing murals on the inside of temples.