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April, 2013

Buddhist monastery & its butter tea in Coorg, Karnataka-Golden Temple

Summary: For as long as I can remember, I have been profoundly enthralled by the beliefs and teachings of Buddhism, and after all the ‘wanting to’ ,’have to’s’, ‘I wish I could go to’s’, to a Buddhist monastery, We finally made it to a famous one of such kind on our visit to India this 15. April. ’13, the Golden Temple in Coorg, Karnataka. Also called, Namdroling temple or even otherwise popularly known to be the Tibet Camp, situated 13 km from Kushalnagar, is the second of the worlds largest Tibetan settlement outside Tibet. The story: After a 6 hour drive from Bangalore to Coorg, expecting more heat  , Porcupine Castle was just the kind of ambiance we dint imagine. A resort that beautiful stands up the hills, colder, breezier. Having booked a room up the valley, we settled for a tree house (just for the fun of it),and along with the tree house came a sleepless night (loose window panels banging at night, I hallucinated the reason to be snakes ) . Although it was …