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Namdroling Monastery

ನಾಮ್‌ಡ್ರೊಲಿಂಗ್ ಮಠ

Bylakuppe, Karnataka · 12.4305°, 75.9674°

Nyingma school, Palyul lineageModern—

Sacred since

1963 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

founded 1963

Modern

History & significance

The largest teaching centre of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet, founded in 1963 at the Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement by Penor Rinpoche, eleventh throneholder of the Palyul lineage. It remains the seat of that lineage, now led by its twelfth throneholder, Karma Kuchen.

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