Temple Description

The Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery, also known as Thegchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargye Ling (བོད་ཡིག ཐེག་མཆོག་རྣམ་གྲོལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་།) or Namdroling Vihara in Kannada, is the largest Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist teaching center globally. Situated in Bylakuppe within the Mysuru district of Karnataka, this monastery accommodates a community of over five thousand lamas, including both monks and nuns. It features a junior high school named Yeshe Wodsal Sherab Raldri Ling, a religious college (shedra) for monks and nuns, and a hospital.