Saturday, March 28, 2009

Preah Vihear is khmer culture

in Cambodia near the Thailand border

at the end of the road in Thailand

thru the border fence

is the entrance to Preah Vihear in Cambodia

built in 1037 AD in the reign of King Suriyavaraman

about 100 years before Ankor Wat

the Nagas
(many headed snake of Hindu mythology)

its reverse side

Nagas in the roof structure

another roof variation

window columns

detail over doorway
(Nandi of Hindu mythology - Shiva's sacred bull)

pile of tumbled building parts

possibly hacked off by the Kymer Rouge, but not yet sold in Bangkok

complex built on a cliff high above the tropical countryside

looking over Kymer Rouge country to the East in Cambodia



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