Inside one of the smaller temples

Part 5 - Tibetan Settlement

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December 16th 2008
The last stop of the journey was Bylakuppe, a Tibetan settlement “camp” consisting of several villages and a monastery with at least 5,000 monks. This is the largest Tibetan settlement (total population >15,000) outside the homeland, settled since the late 1960s. India gave the land to the Tibetans; if you want to stay the night, you have to get documentary permission from the Tibetan Governme ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more