Paro Takstang – The Tiger’s Nest Legend has it that in the 8th century, Guru Rinpoche (also referred to as the second Buddha) flew here fro...
Paro Takstang – The Tiger’s Nest
Legend has it that in the 8th century, Guru Rinpoche (also referred to as the second Buddha) flew here from Tibet on the back of a tigress, and built the temple on the side of a cliff carved from the tigress’ tooth.
Perched a dizzying 10,240 feet over the Paro Valley, it became the birthplace of Buddhism in Bhutan.
In 1998, a fire broke out and destroyed part of the temple. But the Bhutan government wasted no time in rebuilding, and it wasn’t until 2005 that their painstaking work was complete.
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