Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh

As a result of the Tibetan communities settled in camps in India on the Tibetan/Indian border there were requests for a monastery to be established in that area to serve their needs. By this time many of the major monasteries had started re-establishing themselves, particularly in southern India. The Elders in the Tibetan Community requested that Gyuto re-establish itself in Bomdila, Assam, a remote area of north eastern India.

After arriving in Bomdila the monks discovered that the area was completely unlike Dalhousie. In fact it was a trackless jungle with no roads, no transportation systems, no utilities and no access to existing towns. The area was also designated as "Restricted" for political and military reasons meaning that no one could enter or leave it with out written permission. So, the monks found they could no longer travel freely to other monasteries and that even with a permit they were very far from any main trade routes.

The monks had to start over. We again start the carpet factory but this time only the local people make the carpets. The monks realized they would have to clear the land, build a new monastery and build access roads.