The Doeguling Tibetan Refugee Settlement is around 50 km from Hubli in the Mundgod panchayat in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. It is the largest Tibetan refugee settlement in the world inhabited by 17,000 Tibetans and has a cluster of seven monasteries, a Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, 20 schools, two homes for the elderly and a cooperative society.
North Karnataka is a challenging place to stay for the Tibetans with its hot and arid climate and a scarcity of water.
Reimagining Doeguling Tibetan Settlement Project (RDTS), aims to make Doeguling a thriving sustainable community by empowering. . .