snga ’gyur btsun dgon mtsho rgyal bshad sgrub gling was founded by skyab srje grub dbang pad nor rin po che on 27 Nov 1993 at Bylakuppe, south India. The monastery was primarily meant for as a center of study and reflection, for the upholders of rnying ma school from different places like India, Tibet, Mongolia, Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal, and who also wanted to become nun. His Holiness the Dalai Lama consecrated the monastery and given the name mtsho rgyal bshad sgrub gling. Like other rnying ma colleges, the nuns at this center study from class one to up to nine. As of now, there are 300 nuns at the nunnery. There are 250 nuns in the foundational classes and 23 were enthroned as instructress. Those who have graduated from the center are working as teachers in Bhutan, India and Nepal. The younger ones, apart from learning how to read and write from class one to eight, they study and take part in lots of other activities such as; rituals, blowing, beating and tooling of instruments and butter adornment of gtor mas. The elders in the nunnery, as per the norms of their predecessors, accumulate and purify preliminary practices, recite the three roots, practice yogic exercises and cutting through of primordial purity. For the long lives of great personalities of dharma holder, they perform Tara rituals and petition offerings. The 10th day of every month is always observed. Thus, the nuns spend most of their times in studying learning and completion and practicing renunciation of worldly. As of now, there are 805 nuns at the nunnery.