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A thangka painter, Norbulingka Institute

employment for Tibetans. It supports an environment in

which Tibetan community and family values can ourish. It reconciles the traditional creatively and respectfully with the modern, and seeks to create an international
awareness of Tibetan values and their expression in art
and literature. Norbulingka produces high quality, traditionally crafted art objects, as well as clothing and home
furnishings. Free guided tours of the institute are available to visitors every day except Sunday. Workshop are
also oered for those wishing to study Tibetan arts. The
institute also runs two guesthouses-- Norling Guesthouse
and Chonor House. All proceeds from all Norbulingkas
projects go directly back into the institute to further our
endeavors to preserve Tibetan culture.

Norbulingka Institute, with Dhauladhar range in the background.

Norbulingka Institute, founded in 1988 by Kelsang and

Kim Yeshi at Sidhpur, near Dharamshala, India, is dedi- Norbulingkas art studios include Tibetan statue making,
cated to the preservation of the Tibetan culture in its lit- thangka painting, screen-printing, applique and tailoring,
woodcarving, wood painting, papermaking, and wood
erary and artistic forms.
and metal craft.
The Academy of Tibetan Culture, established in 1997,
oers a three year course of higher education in traditional Tibetan studies, as well as English, Chinese, and
[1]
The institute is named after Norbulingka, the traditional world history.
summer residence of the Dalai Lamas, in Lhasa, Tibet. The Research Department of Norbulingka houses the
The ground plan is based on the proportions of Aval- team composing the ocial biography of His Holiness
okitesvara, the thousand-armed god of compassion, with the Dalai Lama, of which nine volumes in Tibetan have
the temple as the head.
already been published. The research section is also compiling a comprehensive encyclopedia of Tibetan culture.

Etymology

The institute also has the two-storeyed 'Seat of Happiness Temple' (Deden Tsuglakhang) built in 1985 and set
amidst the Japanese inspired Norbulingka gardens. It is
Norbulingka is dedicated to handing down tradition and known for its 1,173 murals of Buddha, frescoes of all the
restoring standards by providing training, education and Dalai Lamas and drawings chronicling the life of the 14th

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EXTERNAL LINKS

skyon khan, Dharmsala, India. Published by Norbulingka Institute, 2006.

4 See also
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts

5 References
[1] Academy of Tibetan Culture Website.
Tibetan prayer ags, Norbulingka Gardens.

[2] Norbulingka Institute Frommers India, by Pippa De

Bruyn, Keith Bain, Niloufer Venkatraman, Shonar Joshi.
Published by Frommers, 2008. ISBN 0-470-16908-7.
Page 514.
[3] The Norbulingka Institute The Rough Guide to India, by David Abram, Rough Guides, Nick Edwards,
Rough Guides (Firm), Mike Ford, Devdan Sen, Beth
Wooldridge. Published by Rough Guides, 2003. ISBN
1-84353-089-9. Page 488.
[4] Norbulingka Institute India, by Joe Bindloss, Sarina
Singh, James Bainbridge, Lindsay Brown, Mark Elliott,
Stuart Butler. Published by Lonely Planet, 2007. ISBN
1-74104-308-5. Page 330.

6 External links
Seat of Happiness Temple, Norbulingka Institute.

Norbulingka Institute website

Dalai Lama. In the main hall stands the 4 mt high gilded
copper Buddha Sakyamuni statue, made by institutes
master statue-maker, the late Chenmo Pemba Dorje, and
one of largest such statues outside Tibet. Around the temple are workshops of artisans and apprentices that produce various art objects, which are sold at the Norbulingka Shop, for the benet of Tibetan refugees.

Norbulingka Hotels Website

The Losel Doll Museum has diorama displays of traditional Tibetan scenes, using miniature Tibetan dolls in
traditional costumes.[2][3]

Norbulingka Institute Facebook Page

A short distance from the institute lies the Dolma Ling

Buddhist nunnery,[4] and the Gyato Monastery, temporary residence of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley
Dorje.

Further reading
The Norbulingka Institute, by Portal to Asian Internet
Resources (Project), Published by The Norbulingka
Institute. 1995.
Norbulingka: The First Ten Years of an Adventure,
by Jeremy Russell, Nor-glin Bod kyi rig gun gces

Norbulingka Online Shop

Academy of Tibetan Culture Website
Norbulingka Institute at Central Tibetan Administration

Collection of Norbulingka Institute

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