Paro Taktsang Paro Valley, Bhutan
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Paro Taktsang
Age 17th century
Location Paro Valley
Country 
Bhutan
Continent Asia
Category Monasteries
Date 2012-12-13-
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Douglas J. McLaughlin
Paro Taktsang is the popular name of Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as The Tiger Nest), a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley, Bhutan. A temple complex was first built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours in the 8th century.
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from FranceKiara Mian landmarks 57/362 | continents 6/7 | comments 4 | reviews 0 2013-04-28 18:03
Really beautiful monastery!
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