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The Tashilhunpo Monastery and its golden roof in Shigatse Tibet China
Dambulla, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka: frontage of Golden Temple of Dambulla under a giant rock slab - Dambulla cave temple - UNESCO World Heritage Site - photo by M.Torres
Nanxiangtang Temple, South Xiangtangshan Grottoes
view of the Tiger's Nest monastery also known as the Paro Taktsang and the surrounding area in Bhutan. Travel and religion concept
Side view of the Jokhang temple. The Jokhang is considered as the most sacred temple in Tibet. First built in 652 CE it has been enlarged several times over the next 900 years
aerial view of Great Scripture Hall of Labuleng Lamasery in Xiahe County of Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Ganan, Gansu province, China.
View of Potala Palace in Tibet, China
Ngong Ping Village, Hong Kong: aerial view of Ngong Ping and Po Lin Monastery, a popular tourist attraction in Lantau Island.
This photo was taken in Beijing Forbidden City
Aerial view of Xuan Kong Monastery(悬空寺) in China
Famous Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress above the town of Gyantse in Tibet Autonomous Region of China
Tiger's Nest monastery , Paro Taktsang  Monastery in Bhutan
Wooden pavilions clinging to the red sandstone cliff. Qianfo-Thousand Bhudda Buddhist grottoes section in the Mati Si-Horse Hoof Temple. Sunan Yugur Autonomous county-Zhangye-Gansu province-China.
Datong, Shanxi, China- March 2, 2013:  the Hanging Temple Mt. Heng, located 60 kilometers southeast of Datong, China, in the Shanxi province, is one of the world’s forgotten wonders. Clinging to a crag of Hengshan mountain, in apparent defiance of gravity, it consists of 40 rooms linked by a dizzying maze of passageways. The temple is said to have been built during 386-534. It was constructed by drilling holes into the cliffside into which the poles that hold up the temples are set. Here is external view of the temple.
dambulla, sri lanka. 15th august, 2023: dambulla cave temple is a carved stone temple where buddha of different centuries can be seen
Bhutan: Tiger's Nest - Paro Taktsang / Taktsang Palphug monastery - sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley - dedicated to Padmasambhava, aka Guru mTshan-brgyad Lhakhang or \
Paro Rinpung Dzong, Buddhist monastery and fortress, on a hill above a river Paro Chu near to the city Paro
Xuan Kong Monastery(悬空寺) in China
Paro Taktsang (Dzongkha: སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་, also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery and the Tiger's Nest), is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist 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 Padmasambhava practiced and taught Vajrayana.\n\nA later monastery complex was built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave, where Guru Padmasambhava meditated and practiced with students including Yeshe Tsogyal before departing the kingdom of Tibet in the early 9th century. Padmasambhava 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 \
This August 2016 daylight photo shows the Taktsang Lhakhang / Tiger's Nest complex in Bhutan. The iconic Buddhist buildings are built into the side of a mountain. This photo was shot from a viewpoint on the main trail to the monastery.
Lingtong Temple on the mountain
Paro Taktsang (also known as the Tiger's Nest Monastery), is a Himalayan Buddhist temple complex located at a sacred site in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan.\n\nThe temple complex was first built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave where Guru Padmasambhava, who is credited with introducing Buddhism to Bhutan, is said to have meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours in the 8th century. \n\nThe complex was destroyed by fire in 1998 and restored in 2005.
TASHILHUNPO MONASTERY, SHIGATSE, TIBET, one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet, as well as seat of the Panchen Lama, it was founded in 1447.
view of the Tiger's Nest monastery also known as the Paro Taktsang and the surrounding area in Bhutan. Travel and religion concept
Architecture of Potala palace, Lhasa, Tibet
A gate of a house in Sera Monastery, Lhasa, China. Which is well decorated and painted.
View of Taktsang Palphug Monastery (Tiger Nest) on misty mountain in Paro, Bhutan.
Seoul Bukhansan National Park, Mangwolsa Temple, Korea
The Suspended(Xuankong) Temple of Mt. Hengshan. It is located at the foot of Mt. Hengshan in China's Shanxi. It was built in the late years of the Northern Wei Dynasty (around 471-523 AD).
Xuan Kong Monastery(悬空寺) in China
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