Nechung
| Nechung Monastery | |
|---|---|
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 |
| Geographic coordinates | 29°40′17″N 91°3′21″E / 29.67139°N 91.05583°E |
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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."
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.