Namdroling Monastery
The Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery or Thegchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargye Ling(བོད་ཡིག ཐེག་མཆོག་རྣམ་གྲོལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་།) (Wylie: theg mchog rnam grol bshad sgrub dar rgyas gling), or ನಮ್ಡ್ರೋಲಿಂಗ್ ವಿಹಾರ (Namdroling Vihara) is the largest teaching center of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. Located in Bylakuppe, part of the Mysuru district of the state of Karnataka, the monastery is home to a sangha community of over five thousand lamas (both monks and nuns), a junior high school named Yeshe Wodsal Sherab Raldri Ling, a religious college (or shedra for both monks and nuns) and hospital.
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Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: ཐེག་མཆོག་རྣམ་གྲོལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་། Wylie transliteration: Theg-mchog-rnam-grol-bshad-sgrub-dar-rgyas-gling | |
Entrance gate of the Namdroling | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Nyingma |
| Festivals | Losar, Drubchen, bKa-ma'i Drubchod, Sagadawa, Mipham Anniversary, Longchen Anniversary, Gutor etc; |
| Leadership | Karma Kuchen, 12th Throneholder of Palyul Lineage |
| Location | |
| Location | Namdroling, Bylakuppe, Mysore, Karnataka India |
| Geographic coordinates | 12°25′49.8″N 75°58′2.53″E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Kyabje Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche, also known as Penor Rinpoche |
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