Namosi Monastery (Chinese: 南无寺; pinyin: Nāmó Sì; Tibetan: ལྷ་མོ་རྩེ་དགོན, Wylie: lha mo rtse dgon[1]), also transliterated as Lhamotse Monastery, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery west of the town of Kangding in Kangding County of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province, southwestern China.
| Namosi Monastery | |
|---|---|
 Namosi Monastery | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Kangding, Kangding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China |
| Country | China |
  Location within Sichuan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 30°2′29″N 101°57′17″E / 30.04139°N 101.95472°E |
The complex of traditional architecture is located in the historical Tibetan region of Kham. The monastery is home to about 80 Buddhist monks.
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- ^ 陈观胜; 安才旦 (April 2004). 《常见藏语人名地名词典》 (in Simplified Chinese) (1 ed.). Beijing: 外文出版社 [Foreign Languages Press]. p. 218. ISBN 7-119-03497-9.
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