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Paro Taktsang

A fire damaged major monastery buildings and sacred contents in 1998; reconstruction followed.

Paro · Paro District

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Rebuilt

As documented: 2026-09-28
LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

27.4919°, 89.3635° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

  1. Partial destruction · accidental causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

    19 April 1998 AD

    Fire destroyed major parts of the monastery complex and damaged its contents.

    eventSupported in consulted sources

    Fire destroyed major parts of the monastery complex and damaged its contents.

    dateSupported in consulted sources

    19 April 1998

    actorUnknown

    A responsible individual or organization has not been established.

    Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.

    Location & last documented condition

    locationSupported in consulted sources

    Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

    present conditionAttributed · further checking needed

    The consulted account describes a later rebuilt shrine.

    Source context

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