Bhutan Travel Paro - Paro Taktsang Monastery སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་ 塔克桑寺也作虎穴寺或虎巢寺

 Bhutan Travel Paro - Paro Taktsang Monastery  སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་ 塔克桑寺也作虎穴寺或虎巢寺 (2018  0330)

Geographic coordinates 27°2930.88N 89°2148.56E

Date established               9th century (as a meditation cave), 1692 (formally built as a monastery)

Paro Taktsang, is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in which Padmasambhava practiced and taught Vajrayana.

 

Journey Start Here

Rental of Horse or Hiking Up (Journey will be half, so merit too)


Horses have to stop here (Half Way)


Taktsang Cafeteria @Paro Taktsang Monastery



Hiking Up to the Paro Taktsang Monastery


Resting Point


Taktsang Monastery View Point from Here


My Mani Pile Somewhere

Mani stones piles can be used as road signs, sacrifice to holy spirits, and tokens of worship and prayer, among which the later two meanings are still popular in Bhutan.

Going down to the Bottom of Hill









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