Taktshang Goemba (Tigers Nest)

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    Taktshang is the most famous of Bhutan's monasteries, perched on the side of a cliff about 3000ft above Paro. The name means 'tiger's nest'; Guru Rinpoche is said to have flown to the site of the monastery on the back of a tigress.

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