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 …
What strikes one almost immediately upon arrival at the door step of Angkor Wat or any other Temple at Angkor, is the very majestic enormity of the structures. Created in the middle of those all encompassing jungles, these temples while not instilling you with insecurity, announce that these are abodes of some very superior power. No …
Sculptures are one of the most cogent form of expression to convey the deep seated emotions within the crevasses of the mind & the heart of the sculptor. They do follow a certain set of guidelines but it is truthfully free outpour of human emotions that masterpieces such as the Bronze Horseman in the Decembrist Square …
As per derived understanding from study of available information and in the absence of any written record, most of the data is not countable/measurable. It by & large is personal perception of various historians and scientists/travellers surmised/collected over the past nearly two centuries. There exist 48 small and large Temples in and around Angkor Wat. The other major …
Is this relatively a newer phenomenon or has this high tech notion been known to people of celestial intelligence since the beginning of time itself? There is evidence to its existence since origins of man himself. It, therefore, might not be such a new phenomenon after all. The practice of civil engineering, intricacies of project management, …
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