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Paro
Taktsang (Dzongkha: སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་ spa
phro stag tshang / spa gro stag tshang)
is the popular name of Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also
known as Tiger's Nest), a
prominent Himalayan
Buddhist sacred
site and temple complex, located in the cliff side of the upper Paro valley,
in Bhutan. A temple complex was first built in 1692, around
the Taktsang Senge Samdup (stag tshang seng ge
bsam grub) cave where Guru Padmasambhava is
said to have meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days
and three hours in the 8th century. Padmasambhava is credited with
introducing Buddhism to Bhutan. Today, Paro Taktsang is the best known of
the thirteen taktsang or "tiger lair" caves in
which he meditated.
The
longing thoughts and observations from recent trip to Paro Taktsang need to be
shared. One who visit will know the basic rules and regulation. I am trying to
let who plan to visit to understand basic rules and regulation of visiting
Paro Taktsang.
You
may go to visit with informal dress and you will land up without having an
opportunity to go inside to visit scared status. It is just simple to let you
grasp an opportunity to visit inside to view scared status and all by going in
formal dress, (National dress, gho for man and kira for women). The police
checking before entering the fortress will make thorough check; whether you with national
dress, taking camera and mobile phone inside? They don’t bother
if you are foreigner, of course not allowing camera and mobile phone apply to
you.
What
is the time you are going to visit? At 12 noon to 1 pm or 1 to 2 pm? You can't visit whenever you wish to visit. They usually close 1 to 2 pm for lunch break.
I had a thought regards to this timing. Why they close for lunch time? That is
not a shop or office. That is simply a fortress with scared status from long time
ago to show to pilgrimages.
Visit once if you can.
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