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 GOLDEN TEMPLE- COORG

      

The Golden Temple is a Tebetan settlement of Namdroling Monastery,

 located at Bylakuppe, 5 KMs from Kushalnagar in Coorg District, 

Karnataka. This settlement was built in 1963 for the refugees and monks of 

Buddhists from Tibet.



     Entrance Gate of the Monastery

    

A four storeyed building with a large wheel(this represents buddhism) is another attraction in the monastery.

Four story building with wheel



This monastery is a main teaching centre for Buddhism. Hundreads of children study Buddhism in this temple.



Teaching Buddhism inside the temple




The main attraction inside the temple are the statues of Lord Buddha in the centre and Lord Padmasambhava and Lord Amitayus on either sides.  These statues are made of copper and plated with gold. Visitors can pray, meditate and give the offerings in the temple.

We can see murals on the walls of the temple which shows various deities of the Three Roots (Lama, Yidam and Dakini). These murals shows the influence of Tantric Buddhism.















Paintings on the wall

The temple visiting time is from 9AM to 6PM.


Big bell 








How to reach Golden Temple..

By Air:  From Kannur International airport- 110KMs

              From Bangalore International airport- 260KMs

By rail:  From Mysore railway station-  90KMs




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