The Golden Temple-Bylakuppe

Last Saturday Diana, Monica and I went to the largest Tibetan settlement outside of Tibet, 2 hours north-west of Mysore. We saw the Golden Temple complex which includes two large temples and other smaller ones. There's also a nunnery and monks' accommodation and a village where the lay people live. The art and buildings were really beautiful so I've included some pictures below. I think I'd like to go back there again and stay the night so that I can go to the temple early in the morning, listen to the monks chanting and do some meditation.
A small stupa in the middle of a row of buildings containing prayer wheels. We saw a group of elderly ladies with their prayer beads, walking around the complex clockwise, turning the prayer wheels in each building.

Friendly monk.

Monk on a motorbike.

The Tibetan National flag.

There were hundreds of prayer flags flapping in the wind.

Inside one of the smaller temples.

The art, depicting the life of Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambava , regarded by some as a second Buddha, was amazing- so detailed. I could have looked at it for hours.

Everything is so colourful.

Even here ,we have some wonderfully worded signage!

More amazing paintings.

The gong that calls the monks to meditation, chanting and other rituals.

There are three enormous statues in the main monestary building: the one in the middle is of Gautama Buddha, the one on the left is of Guru Rinpoche but I can't remember which one this is. Can anyone help?

The temple roof.

The main temple.