# Paro Taktsang, Bhutan (edited)

- By: Original: Nina R from Africa
- Date: Taken on 2 June 2018, 10:49:00
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Paro Taktsang, Bhutan This file was derived from: Paro Taktsang, Bhutan (49694480001).jpg
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paro_Taktsang,_Bhutan_(edited).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
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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.