Paro Taktsang Temple 'Tigers Nest'

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Popularly known as the Tiger’s Nest, Paro Taktshang is a revered temple and monastery built in 1692.

The sacred structure sits at 3,120m (10,240ft) above sea level, perched on the edge of a cliff in the upper Paro Valley.

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Paro Taktsang is a monastery, or place of Buddhist worship, that houses and is run by monks. Also called the Tiger's Nest Monastery, it is located in the mountains of Bhutan at 10,000 feet above sea level.

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Paro Taktsang was built around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave, where according to the legend the Indian Guru Padmasambahva, who is believed to introduce Buddhism to Bhutan, meditated in the 8th century.

According to the legend he was transferred to the cave on the back of a tigress. This is why the monastery got its popular name - the Taktsang, which literally means Tiger’s Nest.

Here Guru Padmasambahva, according to the legend, meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours.

Later the caves became a holy shrine. Numerous famous Buddhist monks have visited these caves from the 8th century onward.

The idea of building a monastery near the famous holy caves belonged to the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state - Ngawand Namgyal, who lived in the first half of the 17th century.

However his desire was fulfilled only at the end of the 17th century. Paro Taktsang Monastery was built around the holy caves in 1692 by Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye - Bhutan’s leader of the time. He founded the monastery by putting its first stone during a visit to the holy caves in 1692.