Kushalnagar: Tibetans at Bylakuppe are celebrating their annual festival Losar under COVID-19 shadow with junior monks taking over the festival while all their senior counterparts have gone to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh to spend the New Year with their loved ones. As per the Tibetan calendar, this is 2148th year and Losar which began on…
Three arrested for stealing furniture wood
November 19, 2020Wood worth Rs. 1.20 lakh recovered Bylakuppe: Bylakuppe Police have arrested three persons for stealing Jungle Jack furniture wood and have recovered the stolen wood worth Rs. 1.20 lakh from them. The arrested are 48-year-old Srinivas and 47-year-old Ameer of Koppa Village and 46-year-old Faizoz of Girugoru village in Periyapatna taluk. One Murugesh of Madapatna…
Bylakuppe Golden Temple closed for visitors till Aug.26
June 10, 2020Bylakuppe: As the number of COVID-19 positive cases are still on the rise, Namdroling Monastery (the Golden Temple) in Bylakuppe has decided to remain closed for the visitors until Aug.26, 2020, according to a press release from the Monastery General Secretary. “Our Monastery has taken this decision to ensure the safety for everyone from the…
Online Panel Discussion, Photo Expo marks Birth Anniversary of 11th Panchen Lama
April 26, 2020Bylakuppe: The 25th of April, 2020 marked the 31st Birth Anniversary of His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama Jetsun Tenzin Gedun Yeshi Thrinley Phuntsok Palsangpo, a spiritual teacher of renown for all sentient beings. Marking the occasion, Tashi Lhunpo Cultural Society, Bylakuppe, had invited dignitaries from different places to take part in a Live Online…
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery donates Rs. 2.5 lakh to Prime Minister and CM Relief Funds
April 6, 2020Bylakuppe: In solidarity with the concerted efforts to fight COVID-19 by the Central and State Governments, the Abbot and Monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Bylakuppe donated a total of Rs. 2.5 lakh to the Prime Minister and Chief Minister’s Relief funds recently. While Rs. 1.5 lakh was donated to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund…
Penor Rinpoche Charity Foundation donates Rs.10,00,000 to CM’s Relief Fund
April 3, 2020Mysuru/Bylakuppe: The current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic that is infecting and killing thousands of lives in the world is very disheartening. The Chief of Namdroling Monastery (the Golden Temple), Gyang Khang Tulku Rinpoche and Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche, along with all the monks and nuns, have extend their deepest gratitude to the Prime Minister of…
Corona scare: Close health vigil in Tibetan Camp at Bylakuppe
March 17, 2020Madikeri: Even as Kodagu district administration is taking all necessary measures to stop the spread of the Coronavirus which is causing havoc across the globe, with more than 5,000 people having lost their lives so far, the Health Department has kept a close watch on Bylakuppe Tibetan Camp near Kushalnagar, where scores of Tibetans are…
Losar festival concludes amidst Corona scare
March 10, 2020Bylakuppe: In spite of the coronavirus scare gripping the nation, the last day ceremony (15th day) of Tibetan New Year ‘Losar’ of the Tibetan calendar of Iron Mouse year 2147, was celebrated vibrantly at Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery, the Golden Temple at Bylakuppe, with all the necessary measures in place as directed by the State and…
Tibetans welcome New Year ‘Losar’ with fanfare at Bylakuppe
February 24, 2020Kushalnagar: Festive atmosphere is prevailing at Tibetan settlements in Bylakuppe, Mysuru district, as Tibetans are observing ‘Losar’, their New Year in a grand way. The entire settlement is wearing a bridal look with thousands of Tibetan monks and the Tibetan workforce celebrating the arrival of the New Year. Losar celebrations have begun a month ago…
Drunk man who fought with woman for ‘bajji’ killed
December 13, 2019Bylakuppe: A drunk man, who had fought with a woman over ‘bajji’ has been murdered at Koppa village near here. The victim is Mahadevanayaka. After consuming liquor at a bar on Monday, Mahadevanayaka went to the shop opposite to the bar where a woman was selling fried ‘bajjis’ and picked up a fight with the…
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