Paro Taktsang

Paro Taktsang is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliffside of the upper valley in . It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in which Padmasambhava practiced and taught Vajrayana.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: temple complex in Bhutan
  • Also known as: “Taktsang Monastery” and “Tiger’s Nest”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paro.

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is a town and seat of , in the Valley of . It is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical buildings scattered throughout the area.

Paro Taktsang

Latitude
27.49167° or 27° 29′ 30″ north
Longitude
89.36333° or 89° 21′ 48″ east
Elevation
3,041 metres (9,977 feet)
Open location code
7MVFF9R7+M8
Geo­Names ID
6941100
Wiki­data ID
Q2209873
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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”
  • 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”
  • Nepali: “पारो ताकसाङ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taktshang”
  • Norwegian: “Taktshang”
  • Persian: “پارو تاکشانگ”
  • Polish: “Taktshang”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Takshang”
  • Russian: “Такцанг-лакханг”
  • Sinhala: “පාරෝ ටැග්සැංග්”
  • Slovak: “Taktsang goemba”
  • Slovenian: “Paro Taktšang”
  • Slovenian: “Tigrovo gnezdo”
  • Spanish: “Taktshang”
  • 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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