Nangzhik Gompa

Nangzhik Gompa
Nangzhik Gompa or Narshi Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Bon
Leadership	Home to 800 to 1000 monks
Location
Location	Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
Location within Sichuan
Geographic coordinates	32°56′6.9″N 101°43′37.92″E / 32.935250°N 101.7272000°E / 32.935250; 101.7272000
Architecture
Founder	Nangzhik Lodro Gyatso
Completed	1107 Renovated in 1754

Nangzhik Monastery (Wylie: snang zhig dgon, Chinese: 郎依寺, locally pronounced "Narshi" or "Nogi"), formerly known by several other names (Wylie: snang zhig rgyal bstan phun tshogs gling, snang zhig bkra shis g.yung drung gling, snang zhig phyogs las rnam rgyal bkra shis g.yung drung gling), is a monastery of the Bon religion in Amdo, modern Ngawa Town, Sichuan, China.^[1] It is about a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) walk up a shortcut to reach the monastery on a hill to the north of the town. On a hill to the east is another Bon monastery named Togden or Topgyel which has a large stupa nearby.^[2]