Paro Taktsang
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.
- Monastery
- …lies at an elevation of 3,041 metres (9,977 feet)
- Description: temple complex in Bhutan
- Also known as“Paro Taktsang Palphug”“Taktsang Monastery”“Tiger’s Nest”
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Nearby places include Paro.
Paro Taktsang
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Latitude
27.49167° or 27° 29′ 30″ north
Longitude
89.36333° or 89° 21′ 48″ east
Open location code
7MVFF9R7+M8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Paro Taktsang” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بارو تاكتسانغ”
- Azerbaijani: “Paro Taktsanq”
- Basque: “Taktshang”
- Bulgarian: “Леговището на тигъра”
- Bulgarian: “Паро Такцанг”
- Bulgarian: “Такцанг Лакханг,”
- Burmese: “Paro Taktsang”
- Catalan: “Niu del tigre”
- Catalan: “Paro Taktsang Palphug”
- Catalan: “Paro Taktsang”
- Catalan: “Tiger’s Nest”
- Chinese: “塔克桑寺”
- Czech: “Taktsang”
- Czech: “Tygří hnízdo”
- Dutch: “Taktshang”
- Dzongkha: “སྟག་ཚང་”
- Esperanto: “Taktŝango”
- Finnish: “Tiikerin pesä”
- French: “Taktshang”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de Taktshang”
- Georgian: “ტაკწანგ-ძონგი”
- German: “Taktshang”
- Hebrew: “מנזר טאקצאנג”
- Hebrew: “פארו טקטסנג”
- Indonesian: “Paro Taktsang”
- Italian: “Monastero di Taktsang”
- Japanese: “タクツァン僧院”
- Japanese: “タクツァン寺院”
- Japanese: “トラの巣”
- Korean: “파로 탁상”
- Lithuanian: “Paro Takcangas”
- Malayalam: “പാറൊ തക്ത്സാങ്”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Taktsang”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Taktsang”
- Nepali: “पारो ताकसाङ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taktshang”
- Norwegian: “Taktshang”
- Persian: “پارو تاکشانگ”
- Polish: “Taktshang”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Takshang”
- Russian: “Такцанг-лакханг”
- Serbian: “Паро Таксанг”
- Sinhala: “පාරෝ ටැග්සැංග්”
- Slovak: “Taktsang goemba”
- Slovenian: “Paro Taktšang”
- Slovenian: “Tigrovo gnezdo”
- Spanish: “Nido del tigre”
- Spanish: “Paro Taktsang Palphug”
- Spanish: “Taktshang”
- Spanish: “Tiger’s Nest”
- Swedish: “Taktshang”
- Tamil: “தக்த்சாங்”
- Telugu: “పారో తక్త్సంగ్”
- Thai: “ปาโชตักชัง”
- Tibetan: “སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་།”
- Turkish: “Kaplan Yuvası Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Такцанг-лакханг”
- Vietnamese: “Paro Taktsang”
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