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Bylakuppe

Coordinates: 12°24′15″N 76°01′42″E / 12.404270°N 76.028400°E / 12.404270; 76.028400
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Bylakuppe
Shanghapornigy Hongy
Town
Three Pillars
Three Pillars
Nickname: 
Mini Tibet
Map
Coordinates: 12°24′15″N 76°01′42″E / 12.404270°N 76.028400°E / 12.404270; 76.028400
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictMysore district
Named afterTourism pleasant climate
TalukPiriyapatna
Area
 • Total
10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Elevation
852 m (2,795 ft)
Population
 (2011)(estimated)2021
 • Total
70,000 (including Tibetans)
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
571104
Telephone code+91 8223
Vehicle registrationKA-45
Lok Sabha constituencyMysore-Kodagu
ClimateTropical wet and dry (Köppen)
Coffee Shop
Taste of Tibet
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery built in 2015

Bylakuppe (བྷ་ཡ་ལ་ཀུཔེ།) 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.

It is the site of Namdroling Monastery.

History

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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 came into existence in 1961.

Population

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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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Climate

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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)
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]

References

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  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. ^ a b "Climate: Bylakuppe - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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