Stupa of Phra Maha That, Chaiya, Surat Thani
Stupa of Phra Maha That, Nakhon Si Thammarat พระบ…
Phra Kaew Pavilion หอพระแก้ว
Chedi of Cham Thewi, Lamphun in Mueang Boran
Dvaravati Wihan วิหารทวารวดี
Prasat Phra Wihan ปราสาทพระวิหาร Gopura of the fir…
Pavilion of the Enlightened ศาลาพระอรหันต์
The Floating Market ตลาดน้ำ in Mueang Boran
The Floating Market ตลาดน้ำ in Mueang Boran
The Floating Market ตลาดน้ำ in Mueang Boran
Pura Ulun Danu Bratan temple
Pura Ulun Danu Bratan temple
Pura Tanah Lot
Buddhist stupa at Pura Ulun Danu Bratan
Nāga steps to Phra That Satcha in Tha Li
Wat Sri Chan in Baan Na Oo
Wat Tham Pha Pu or Tham Phiang Din
Compound of monks accommodations
Remains of a horrific history
Plain of Jars first site
Plain of Jars first site
Plain of Jars first site
Plain of Jars first site
Dusit Maha Prasat Palace in the Grand Palace, Bang…
Stupa at the Namtso Lake Tibet
Zhongdian Songzanlin Monastery
Sumeru Mountain เขาพระสุเมรุ
Stupa of Phra Maha That, Ratchaburi พระปรางค์วัดพ…
Bell tower หอระฆัง
Spirit house in the old market town ศาลพระภูมิ
Prang Sam Yod, Lop Buri พระปรางค์สามยอด ลพบุรี
Prasat Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear) near Si Sa Ket ป…
Thai monks visiting the remains of killing machine…
Gopura of the third level
Collapsed prang and lentil at the fourth level
Very well preserved lintel
Walking on the edge of Khao Phra Vihaan
Way back to the first level
Beautiful carved lintel being in good condition
Debris of the Central Sanctuary
Entrance to the Phra Vihaan hill
Get to the Gopura of the second level
At the edge of the Pay Ta De
Beside the historical path of Phra Vihaan
Warning signs beside the walk
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Folk architecture, arquitectura popular, Volksarchitektur
Folk architecture, arquitectura popular, Volksarchitektur
Treppen und andere Auf- und Abgänge - Stairs and moving staircases etc.
Treppen und andere Auf- und Abgänge - Stairs and moving staircases etc.
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Prasat Phra Wihan Nāga stairways
Nāga stairways are causeways or true steps lined by stone balustrades shaped as nāgas.
In some Angkorian nāga-ways, as for example those located at the entrances to 12th century city of Angkor Thom, the nāga-shaped balustrades are supported not by simple posts but by stone statues of gigantic warriors. These giants are the devas and asuras who used the nāga king Vasuki in order to the churn the Ocean of Milk in quest of the amrita or elixir of immortality.
In Mueang Boran its reconstructed the Nāga stairways three times smaller than the original one in the Khmer province Praeh Vihaer.
My album about the original temple complex is
https://www.ipernity.com/doc/wolfgang-pfriemer/album/54056?from=1656305&at=1206451584
In some Angkorian nāga-ways, as for example those located at the entrances to 12th century city of Angkor Thom, the nāga-shaped balustrades are supported not by simple posts but by stone statues of gigantic warriors. These giants are the devas and asuras who used the nāga king Vasuki in order to the churn the Ocean of Milk in quest of the amrita or elixir of immortality.
In Mueang Boran its reconstructed the Nāga stairways three times smaller than the original one in the Khmer province Praeh Vihaer.
My album about the original temple complex is
https://www.ipernity.com/doc/wolfgang-pfriemer/album/54056?from=1656305&at=1206451584
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