Tiger's Nest, Bhutan
Paro Taktsang, a monastery clinging to a cliff about 900 m above the valley.
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- Region
- Bhutan
- Position
- 27.4916, 89.3632
- Area
- 5 × 5 km
- Real elevation
- 2,362 to 4,162 m (1,800 m of relief)
- Printed size
- 150 mm (5.9 in) wide, about 1:33,300
- Heights
- 1.5× exaggeration
- Elevation data
- Open satellite data (SRTM and others), about 30 m per point
- Suggested color
- Natural
- Group
- Castles and hilltop monasteries
About Tiger's Nest, Bhutan
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. A later monastery complex was built in 1692 by the 4th Druk Desi Tenzin Rabgey around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave, where Guru Padmasambhava meditated and practised 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 "tiger lair" caves in which he and his students meditated.
From Wikipedia: Paro Taktsang, text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. The article’s history lists its authors.
Questions about Tiger's Nest, Bhutan
Where is Tiger's Nest?
Tiger's Nest is in Bhutan at 27.4916, 89.3632. The model covers a 5 by 5 kilometer square around that point.
How high is the terrain in the Tiger's Nest model?
The land in this model runs from 2,362 to 4,162 m (1,800 m of relief). These are the measured heights, printed 1.5 times taller so the shape is easy to see.
Can I 3D print Tiger's Nest?
Yes. Download the free Standard resolution STL and print it on any FDM or resin printer. It is 150 mm wide and about 86 mm tall, on a solid 5 mm base, at a scale of about 1:33,300. It also works for CNC carving. Use Customize to change the width, base thickness or height exaggeration, make it round or add a name plate.
How accurate is the Tiger's Nest model?
It is built from real elevation measurements, not an artist's guess: open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point. The shaded picture on this page is made from the same data.
Is the Tiger's Nest model free?
The Standard resolution model is free as STL, 3MF, Colored 3MF, OBJ and a 16-bit heightmap. High resolution samples the place about ten times more finely and is a paid upgrade.
What is a Tiger's Nest terrain model good for?
People use it as a gift, a desk piece, or the base for a tabletop game or diorama.
About this terrain model
Embossify Terra builds Tiger's Nest, Bhutan from real measured elevation, not an artist's guess. Outside the United States the heights come from open satellite and survey data (NASA SRTM, Copernicus and national surveys), about 30 meters per point.
The model covers a 5 by 5 kilometer square centered on 27.4916, 89.3632. It prints 150 mm (5.9 in) wide on a solid base, a scale of about 1:33,300. The heights are exaggerated 1.5× so the shape is easy to see and feel; you can change that when you customize the model. The sea is flattened to zero, so land stands on a clean base.
New to terrain printing? Read how Terra works. The shaded picture on this page is made by Embossify from the same elevation data.
