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Paro Taktsang, also known by the names Taktsang Palphug Monastery and the Tiger's Nest, is a major Buddhist sacred site and temple complex built into the 1,000-metre (3,281-foot) cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. The elegant structure is perhaps the most well known cultural icon of Bhutan.<br/><br/> The monastery first began construction in 1692 around Taktsang Senge Samdup, a cave where the 8th-century Buddhist sage Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, was said to have meditated in for three years, three months, three days and three hours; Guru Rinpoche is credited for introducing Buddhism to Bhutan, acting as a tutelary deity for the country.<br/><br/> The name Taktsang, which literally translates to "Tigress Lair", comes from the supposed fact that Guru Rinpoche flew to the cave from Tibet on the back of a tigress, who in some legends is said to have been the former wife of an emperor and a disciple of the Guru, named Yeshe Tsogyal.

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