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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tremigues" data-source="post: 12035323" data-attributes="member: 13680">Tiger’s Nest Monastery ( Bhutan ) Tiger’s Nest Monastery, perched precariously on the edge of a 3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley, is one of the holiest places in Bhutan. Legend has it that guru rinpoche, the second Buddha, flew onto the cliff on the back of a tigress, and then meditated in a cave which now exists within the monastery walls. The monastery, formally called Taktshang Goemba, was built in 1692 and reconstructed in 1998 after a fire. Now, the monastery is restricted to practicing Buddhists on religious retreats and is off-limits to ordinary tourists. <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/taktshang-monastery.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Image: Douglas J. McLaughlin </blockquote>

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