Unfortunately, not much is known regards India, its extremely rich cultural heritage, its golden past and even its colourful present beyond the snake charmers, the sadhus and now Info-Tech. If we, however, try and take a closer deeper peek, reality may well be quite different. Upon gaining independence, the greed for materialistic pleasures became so intense …
Lion, the king of the wild has been given its due space in almost all cultures. One could find the figure of a Lion on the coins, in front of places of worship, in educational institutions, at the doorstep of palaces and in the homes. In Feng Shui, a lion figurine gets you luck. Lion …
Everything about Angkor has this one all pervasive value called faith, permeating into everything. If you have faith, as has been mentioned in a different post, the God is there, else…. Buddhism was born out of such a feeling, an ehsaas called faith. A certain Siddhartha one day leaves his kingdom and his family; everything. …
While contemplating this pictorial book, there were so many connected intricacies orbiting inside my mind, so many questions seething within. Whether or not people in this era of Kindles, Cell-phones and the Internet would like to read a book; a book, I queried myself. More than that, yet another overpowering issue was that of why? Why …
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Benign, tranquil, compassionate, caring and serene creator, with a faint smile that only the Gods will bear. Before we carefully have a revered look at our benign creator, let us check some essential facts related to Lord Buddha and Angkor. Each face adorning the Temples of the Angkor Thom, the Bayon or elsewhere at Angkor, the …
The Vedas and The Puranas had, centuries ago laid down all related guidelines as to what it takes to build temples. In fact for them each home was a temple. To that extent, all of those tenets that stand true for the abodes of The Gods, also are true for places for people to live. In any …
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The Kulen ranges, about 48 kilometers North of the Town of Siem Reap, variously known as Phnom Kulen, Mahendraparvata or simply the mountain of the Lychees, perhaps attained sacredness well into anything Angkor. In 802 CE, the King jayavarman II got himself released form the shackles of Javanese and set up his kingdom here in …