Nechung
Nechung Monastery, Nechung Gompa (Tibetan: གནས་ཆུང་དགོན་པ།, Wylie: gnas-chung lcog, ZYPY: Naiqung Gönba) or Nechung Chok (Tibetan: གནས་ཆུང་ལྕོག, ZYPY: Naiqung Jog "the small dwelling", Chinese: 乃琼寺), is the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet. It is also referred to as Sungi Gyelpoi Tsenkar, the "Demon Fortress of the Oracle King."
| Nechung Monastery | |
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Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: གནས་ཆུང་ལྕོག Wylie transliteration: gnas-chung lcog Official transcription (China): Naiqung Gönba Chinese transcription(s) Traditional: 乃琼寺 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Nyingma |
| Location | |
| Location | Doilungdêqên District, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
| Country | China |
Location within Tibet | |
| Geographic coordinates | 29°40′17″N 91°3′21″E |
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It is about 10 minutes walk down from Drepung Monastery, and was the residence of the three-headed, six-armed Pehar Gyalpo, the chief protector of the Gelugs (Yellow Hat sect) and the seat of the State Oracle or Nechung Oracle. It is a medium-sized temple which used to house about a hundred monks.
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