Mundgod 6th January, 2015: Mundgod, The
Mini Tibet of India is called Doeguling Tibetan Settlement. Dharamshala could
be the little Lhasa in India but Mundgod is the mini Tibet in Exile, although
place does not have the head quarters of His Highness, the Honorable Dalai
Lama, the political and spiritual leader of the Tibetans informed Sandeep
Marwah Managing Director of
NFTC-National Federation of Tourism And Transport Cooperatives of India
Limited.
“Mundgod was a non-descript panchayat town in the
State of Karnataka in India. Today it is the repository of Tibetan life and
culture. It showcases the life style and ambitions of the Tibetan refugees and
reflects the gradual transformation of a traditional society into modernity”
said Marwah who was at Mundgod to receive his International Award from Prime
Minister of Tibet during international convention.
The Government of Karnataka gave 4,000 acres of
mostly forested land in Mundgod, near Hubli. There are four other Tibetan
settlements in Karnataka. It all started in Mundgod in 1966. Today, it is the
largest concentration of Tibetan refugees in the world, exceeding thirteen
thousand persons. More than 40000 people visited last week on the visit of H.H.
The 14th Dalai Lama.
