Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest)
This monastery high in the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan defies gravity. Its imaginative name of ‘Tiger’s Nest’ evokes a dangerous yet secure hideaway – which is exactly what it is. The name actually refers to the legend of the Buddhist master Guru Padmasambhava, who is said to have found the site by flying there on the back of a tiger. Built-in 1692 against the side of a cliff nearly 915 metres above the valley below, the Buddhist temples are layered above one another and stand out from the rock in a colourful mix of white, red, and gold. The current structures, however, are not the original: after it burned in a fire in 1998, the important spiritual and cultural site was rebuilt.
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Source: RD.com
