Many new young nuns have caused accommodation and overcrowding problems for the oldest Kagyu nunnery in exile community.

To meet this need, the nuns of Tilokpur purchased a 4-acre plot of land to build a "shedra" or institute of Buddhist learning, to make education available to the 65 nuns. In the fall of 1999, Tai-Situ Rinpoche and Gya-Tsap Rinpoche visited the site and approved of its location. In the spring of 2000, Tilokpur was very fortunate to receive a visit from His Holiness the Karmapa and he performed a consecration of their new land.

The plot is now fully fenced and awaiting a construction plan. The nuns envision the shedra being comprised of a prayer hall, classrooms and housing for the younger nuns. Older nuns will remain in the original housing. A nine-year course of study is planned. Having used all of their savings in buying the land, the nuns of Tilokpur need help in raising the funds to hire an architect and lay the foundations.