Bylakuppe -The Land TIbetian in South India

Bylakuppe is the Tibetitan Refugee resettlement, location of "Lugsum Samdupling" (established in 1961) and "Dickyi Larsoe" (established
in 1969), in the west of Mysore district. The nearest town is Kushalnagar in Kodagu in the State of Karnataka.
The Golden Temple in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, is a home for thousands of Tibetans living in exile and a center for Tibetan Buddhism in South India.

The Tibetian refugees make up a population of about 10,000. 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). The spectacular Golden Temple which is also a major tourist spot in the area.







Golden Temple is the main tourist attraction in Bylakuppe. Stepping inside the temple feels like walking into another world, and the noisy streets of South India suddenly seem to be very far away. Three beautiful golden Buddha statues each of 40 Feet namely Padmasambhava, Buddha and Amitayus look down at visitors above the altar.







This place is very calm and majestic sight, surrounded by its landscaped gardens. During festivals, the main courtyard becomes an open stage where masked dancers twirl in colorful costumes to the sound of gongs and massive ceremonial trumpets.
Tourists are welcomed to visit the monasteries and temples. Photography is allowed even inside the temple.

Natural calamity : Bengaluru on April 21st evening

Bengaluru on April 21st evening
It’s not just summer which is creating records in Bengaluru. Even pre-monsoon showers in April have been above normal this year.
By recording a total of 69.4 mm rainfall for April till Tuesday, this year’s pre-monsoon showers for April have exceeded the normal recorded rainfall of 46.3 mm.
On Wednesday 21st April 2010, the city recorded partly cloudy sky, with 35 degree Celsius accompanied with rainfall of 12.5 mm and average wind speed recorded is 6 km/hr.

The city once again saw the strong winds, thunderstorm and rainfall recording 12.5 mm brought several parts of the city to standstill on Wednesday evening due to tree-falling incidents, waterlogging and traffic jams.

Treefalling incidents were recorded are: Basaveshwaranagar, Rajajinagar, Sadashivanagar, K R Circle, Banashankari, near Bangalore Medical College and falling of electric wires/poles on buildings in Vijayanagar and surrounding areas.

I had witness this for the first time in my 32yrs of living in Vijayanagar, here are some of the pictures of this.

















These are some of the photos from surrounding of Vijayanagar.