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Paro Taktsang) , also known as the ( Taktsang Pal hug Monastery) and the ( Tiger's Nest ), is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhis t site located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan . It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in which Padmanabha practiced and taught Vajrayana. A later monastery complex was built in 1692 by 4th Druk Desi Tenzin Rabey around the Taktsang Senge Samdhup cave, where Guru Padmanabha meditated and practiced with students including Yeshe Topgyal before departing the kingdom of Tibet in the early 9th century. Padmanabha is credited with introducing Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan, which was then part of Tibet, and is the tutelary deity of the country. Today, Paro Taktsang is the best known of the thirteen Taktsang or "tiger lair" caves in which he and his students meditated. The shrine dedicated to Padmanabha, also known as Gu-Ru mTshan-brgyad Lhakhang or "the Shrine of the Guru with Eight