There’s a beautiful folktale in Bhutan about how all life is interconnected: ‘Once a hungry elephant came to a tree to pluck its fruit. A monkey came running and said, ‘Stop, I have the ...

Bhutan is a remote country in the eastern Himalayas filled with temples, monasteries, colorful prayer flags and gorgeous ...

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Tucked away in the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan stands as a shining example of how tradition and modernity can coexist in harmony. Known for its breathtaking landscapes and unique philosophies, this ...

A local legend tells how the Bhutanese national animal was created from the remains of a lunch eaten by Lama Drukpa Kunley, a 15th-century Buddhist saint also known as ‘the Divine Madman’.

This earlier Rinpoche—legend tells—transformed his consort into a flying tiger, climbed onto her back and careened through the sky to touch down where the Tiger’s Nest Monastery now stands.

Perched precariously on the edge of a cliff in the Paro Valley of Bhutan, Paro Taktsang, also known as the Tiger's Nest Monastery, is an iconic Buddhist site, shrouded in myth and legend.

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