anyone know anything about tibetan colony

mineja

i´d like to visit sera je.this is located in karnataka,turn off to sera je is in the midway between kulshalnagar and bylakuppe.
story began in the 60s,during the chinese aggression,when the tibetian refugees flocked to india. today there are around 15 000 tibetians living here.
biggest monastery is in sera je,another important tashi lhunpo and nyngmapa.
sera je has gesthous.more accomondation is at kulshalnagar(well connected by bus from mangalore).

mineja

Darryl

Hi all

I've heard about imminent demolition of this area. Anyone been there recently enough to know if Wongden house etc are still providing functioning accommodation?

with thanks
Darryl

kailash35

Friends of mine are at Wongdhen right now and the hotel is accepting booking for february.

wongdhenhouse@hotmail.com

lotus blossom

re wongdhen house, i made a reservation with them via e-mail three weeks before i was to arrive india. several correspondences passed between us, and i confirmed the day before leaving. however, when i arrived to the wongdhen, at 3 a.m., the night manager told me that they gave my room to someone. you can imagine how upsetting that was, but they had one room, with a common bath, open, so at least i had something.

i have stayed at this hotel for years now, so was disappointed with this. when i spoke with the man who does all the e-mail reservations he told me that he never made any promises, which is not true, at all.

they are so busy, as are all hotels in the colony right now, that it is near impossible to find a room here. i am not sure, nor are the tibetans that i've spoken with, how imminent demolition is, but regardless, you may or may not be able to get a room at wongdhen, even with reservations.

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ddevadatta

Sorry to hear of your hotel experience. I am having a similar experience with my Delhi Bangalore flight I reserved with a travel agent (Indian here in the uSA of course)and Air Shahara. I am getting nervous whether I have one or not.

Also lotus blossom and opthers: I will be in Delhi and wondering what I SHOULD SEE in the area. I went there as a kid many moons ago.

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ddevadatta

I know one in the south (Mysore area). They are so clean as a colony. I bought rugs for my children that have lasted to this day. Watched monks in training (which was 90 % of the colony; can't men do anything else I wondered)with their chants. Was a very neat experience.

But this is the south...

LuAnnandJawahar

The entire Majnu ka Tila settlement is NOT scheduled for demolition, just "unauthorized" structures. Anybody who's been in Delhi recently has noticed the shocking amount of demolition going on. In some cases, entire areas have been flattened to rubble, and in others the government just hacks away at multistoried buildings to ensure that the are in a state of ruins and uninhabitable. All very unsafe and adding greatly to general choking winter haze.

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caramelina

ooh, thank you all for the interesting info and wonderful photos, i too am heading to the tibetan colony in feb and have appreciated reading this thread
happy travels
x

batistuta

Yes,There is one in hunsur which is about 60 kms from Mysore.Two more in Kushalnagar(about 30 kms frm Hunsur).The temple in Kushalnagar is very nice.There is a site for hotel bookings if anyone wants to stay.The Dalai lama is now in Kushalnagar.