view paro taktsang tiger nest buddhist monastery the cliffside upper valley bhutan |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| navigate by keyword : bhutan bhutanese buddha buddhism buddhist cave cliff guru hang hanging himalayan himalayas master meditated meditation monastery nest padmasambhava palphug paro precarious rinpoche sacred samdup senge side slope steep taktsang tibetan tiger upper vajrayana valley |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery, Tiger`s Nest is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located 10km to the north of Paro and hangs on a precarious cliff at 3,120m above sea-level, and about 900m above the Paro valley. The monastery is built around the `Taktsang Senge Samdup` cave, where custom holds that Buddhist master Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava meditated in the 8th century |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stockphotos.ro (c) 2025. All stock photos are provided by Dreamstime and are copyrighted by their respective owners. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
