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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.