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Paro Taktsang, Bhutan (edited)
Taken on 2 June 2018, 10:49:00
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Paro Taktsang, Bhutan This file was derived from: Paro Taktsang, Bhutan (49694480001).jpg
- Rights
- CC BY 2.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Paro Taktsang monastery in the upper Paro valley of Bhutan. Also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery and the Tiger's Nest, it is located in the cliffside of a mountain, around a cave where Guru Padmasambhava meditated and practiced Vajrayana Buddhism in the early 9th century. It was built in 1692 by 4th Druk Desi Tenzin Rabgey.