The site of the Ta Rimochen was blessed by Guru Rinpoche and his Tibetan spiritual consort Khandro Yeshey Tshogyal in the 8^th Century. Beside the main temple is a huge cliff decorated with tiger stipes thus rending its name Ta Rimochen meaning tiger stripes. The site is noted for its hand, foot and body imprints of Guru and Yeshey Tshogyal and rock markings of various religious texts and symbols. There is also a cremation ground, a stone bathing tub of Guru Rinpoche and various body prints of Guru Rinpoche and Yeshey Tshogyal during an epic session of tantric lovemaking intended to distract a malevolent demon that Guru was trying to subdue.   

To mark the sacred site a temple was founded by Terton Pema Lingpa in the 15^th Century and is located just above the road on the way to the Tang valley.