Northern Library of Angkor Wat
Northern Library of Angkor Wat
The temple mountain of Angkor Wat
The famous view of Angkor Wat
Causeway to the Angkor Wat
Gallery of thousand Buddhas
Cross-coat on the first level
Cloister of the second level
Apsara as guardian
The Nymphs and Goddesses of Angkor Wat
Apsaras in Angkor Wat
It does not make sense to censor Apsaras beautines…
Korean tourists visit the second level
Lintel at the entrance gate
A rest beside the Apsaras
Central tower built with sandstone
My wife looks out the arcardes
View down from the third level to the second
The second gallery of Angkor Wat
Apsara portrait
Inside the gallery at the first level
Angkor Wat Bas-Reliefs army of Suryavarman II
Relief carvings at the northern gallery
Little visitor in Angkor Wat
Cruciform cloister at the second level
The Bakan in Angkor Wat
View down to the first level
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Entrance to the temple mountain Angkor Wat
The dominant scheme for the construction of state temples in the Angkorian period was that of the Temple Mountain, an architectural representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods in Hindu mythology.
Mount Meru of Hindu traditions has clearly mythical aspects, being described as 84,000 Yojanas high, and having the Sun along with all its planets and stars in the Solar System revolve around it as one unit.
(A Yojana is a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India. The exact measurement is disputed amongst scholars with distances being given between 6 to 15 kilometers.)
Mount Meru of Hindu traditions has clearly mythical aspects, being described as 84,000 Yojanas high, and having the Sun along with all its planets and stars in the Solar System revolve around it as one unit.
(A Yojana is a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India. The exact measurement is disputed amongst scholars with distances being given between 6 to 15 kilometers.)
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