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Dzogchen Monastery

Located amid the serene, calm, and peaceful environment like any other monasteries, Dzogchen Monastery is located at Kollegal Taluk of Chamrajanagar District in Karnataka. Close to Tamil Nadu and Kerala state borders, the monastery is surrounded by an exclusive range of mountains, coffee plantations, and an animal reserve that takes care of many rare species of wildlife.

One of the hidden gems of Karnataka, Dhondeling Settlement is home to five major monasteries namely Dzogchen Monastery, Taksham Monastery, Tana Monastery, Dhargyal Monastery, and Bayoe Monastery.
After Dzogchen Monastery in Tibet was destroyed by fire in 1950, in the late 1980s, at the request of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, His Eminence’ late father, Tsewang Paljor, began construction of Dzogchen Monastery in the Dhondenling settlement in Karnataka. He was a great practitioner and expert in Tibetan architecture. Spread across 3200 acres monastery, the construction started in 1984 with the help of the Government of India and Karnataka State.