Number one on Wangchuk’s list is Taktsang Monastery, more commonly known as Tiger’s Nest. It’s perched on a cliff 914 meters above the countryside. There are no good roads, no easy ways to ...
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, trek up the mountain to the Paro Taktsang Monastery, Bhutan Thimphu - William's father Prince Charles ...
The cultural tours begin in Paro, home to Bhutan's only international airport and the iconic Tiger's Nest Monastery (Taktsang Palphug Monastery). Perched on a cliffside, this monastery is one of ...
The temples built on a cliff in Bhutan For more than 400 years, Paro Taktsang monastery, also known as Tiger’s Nest, has sat on the side of a cliff in Bhutan’s Paro valley. Built in 1692 ...
In a concerning escalation of China's assimilation policies in Tibet, authorities have forcibly removed young monks from the ...
The mystery-cloaked Himalayan kingdom seeks Gross National Happiness, loves its king and wards off evil spirits with phallic ...
Bhutan has just become significantly more accessible for UAE residents. The small landlocked Himalayan country, often described as the Switzerland of Asia, is now connected to Dubai via direct twice ...
The cliffside Tiger’s Nest Monastery, also known as Paro Taktsang, is one of Bhutan’s most sacred sites and a destination for Buddhist pilgrims. (Photo by Norma Meyer) I wish I had his ...
In the case of Taktsang Lhamo, the school was first established in the 1990s to provide Tibetan children with cultural education before they embarked on Buddhist studies. Despite facing multiple ...