- Taktshang
Taktshang is the most famous of monasteries in
Bhutan . It hangs on a cliff at 3,120 metres (10,200 feet), some 700 meters (2,300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley, some 10 km from the district town of Paro. Famous visitors includeShabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century andMilarepa .The name means "Tiger's nest", the legend being that
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) flew there on the back of a tiger. The monastery includes seven temples which can all be visited. The monastery suffered several blazes and is a recent restoration. Climbing to the monastery is on foot or mule.Further Reading
* "Guide to Taktshang", Department of Culture, Thimphu, Bhutan 2005. ISBN 9993661716
External links
* [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Paro_Taktsang Paro Taktsang] - details of the history of Paro Taktsang
* [http://www.gosleepgo.com/guide/bt/par/paro-valley/tigers-nest-monastery-taktshang Tiger's Nest Monastery (Taktshang)] from GoSleepGo
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