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Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre

Darjeeling · India

Handwoven Tibetan carpets and crafts

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What Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Centre is known for

Started on 2 October 1959 to resettle Tibetans who followed the Dalai Lama into exile, this Darjeeling centre still hand-knots wool carpets and carves wooden tables, frames and prayer wheels. Its shop sells thangkas, wall hangings and bronze and copper pieces, with production exported to dozens of countries.