Bylakuppe
Town in Karnataka, India
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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.
Bylakuppe | |
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Town | |
.jpg) Three Pillars | |
| Nickname: Mini Tibet | |
 Interactive map of Bylakuppe | |
| Coordinates: 12.404270°N 76.028400°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Mysore district |
| Established | 1959 |
| 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) |
| • Density | 7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| 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) |
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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.
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Hunsur Monastery
Tashi Lhunpo Hostel
Inside the Namdroling Monastery
Sera Monastery
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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
