 | Kushalnagar, India |
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We left Bangalore at 11am on a luxury bus (with actual velour seats that reclined) bound for Kushalnagar. Why? Well we read one small paragraph about it in the Lonely Planet describing it as having several Tibetan Refugee Camps. The road was full of the ...
... affluent ? Where did the money come from for their creation and their upkeep ? What is the status of the Tibetans in India ? refugees ? Residents ? Citizens ? Are they accepted or merely tolerated ? How does one get admitted to a monastery ? Where do the ...
A day trip out from Mysore to visit a Tibetan refugee settlement in the hills around Kushalnagar: to be honest these refugees don't seem to be doing too badly and their 'refugee camp' is a relative oasis in what else is a dustbowl.
Kushalnagar is the site of many Tibetan settlements in the surrounding countryside. They have established monasteries and small villages, that are home to 5000+ monks. Interesting to visit Tibetan villages in southern India.
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