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Temple on the edge of a cliff, and you're not afraid to go there?
Taktsang (Tiger’s Nest) Monastery

Guru Padmasambhava, popularly known as Guru
Rinpoche visited and sanctified Bhutan in the 8th century when evil spirits
abounded and harmed people. Legend has it that Guru Rinpoche flew to this site
on a tigress’ back to subdue a local demon. Thereafter, he meditated here for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours.Taktshang Goemba or Tiger’s Nest Monastery was
blessed and sanctified as one of Bhutan’s most sacred religious sites. It hangs
on a cliff and stands above a beautiful forest of blue pine and rhododendrons.
- Tourists can enter the
monastery as per these timings as long as your guide has arranged the standard
permit in advance:
- 8 AM to 1 PM and 2-5 PM
daily, October – March
- Until 6 PM, April –
September.
- You have to register
with the security at the entrance and deposit your bags and cameras.
- Camera and Photography is not allowed inside the
monastery.
All information is taken from here
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