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breathtakingdestinations · 5 months

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Wat Arun - Bangkok - Thailand (by Sebastian Dahler)

#Wat Arun #Bangkok #Thailand #Asia #Asien #City #Cityscape #Building #Temple #Landmar #Sunset #Photography #Travelling #Travel #Tourism #Holiday #Urlaub #Reisen

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asiaphotostudio · 7 months

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Thailand, 1990 Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand. タイバンコクワット・ポー Photography by Michitaka Kurata

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forgotten-bharat · 3 months

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Cambodia :

Seven-headed Naga King at the entrance of World's largest religious monument, Angkor Wat built by Hindu king Suryavarman II

This is a huge temple complex located near Siem Reap in Cambodia. It was built by Khmer kings more than a thousand years ago. The complex has a large number of temples. The main temple is the only one that is well preserved. Other temples are in ruins. There is an international effort to restore some of the temples. The temples must have looked majestic when they were built.

A large stones were cut precisely and placed over each other without any bonding material to hold them together. The Khmer kings embraced Hinduism and Buddhism. The carvings are delicate and superbly detailed.

#cambodia #hindu culture #bharat #hindublr #hinduism #angkor wat #hindu temple #hindu kings #india #sanatan dharma #khmer kings #buddhism #international sanatan dharma

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downfalldestiny · 11 months

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Wat Samphran, the Dragon Temple 🐉🛕 !.

#Wat Samphran #the Dragon Temple #downfalldestiny #downfall #life #Dragon #Sculpture #beautiful scenery #epic scenery #scenery #magical world #magic destinations #magic places #Voyage #Travel #Temple

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atlasandacamera · 3 months

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The Temple of the Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho in Bangkok, Thailand

#queue #photography #travel #travel photography #thailand #bangkok #wat pho #reclining buddha #asia #temple of the reclining buddha

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wgm-beautiful-world · 3 months

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WAT PHRA THAT PHA SORN KAEW - THAILAND

#wat phra that pha sorn kaew #buddhist temple #templo budista #khao kor #phetchabun #thailand #tailandia #asia

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aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman · 11 months

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Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) temple in Angkor Thom. It is best known to westerners for its appearance in the films the films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) & Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).

It was built in the late 12th century by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and center of learning. Almost 80,000 people were required to live in or visit the temple, including over 2,700 officials and 615 dancers.

There is a mysterious unexplained image on an interior wall of a dinosaur which appears to be a stegosaurus. The temple’s main image represents the female deity Prajñāpāramitā Devi, and was modelled on the king's mother. Outside the temple, I saw stunningly dressed South Indian women posing with the goddess figure.

The temple has become overgrown with spung trees and foliage which add to the beauty and wonder of the surroundings, and turn it into an otherworldly scene of nature and ancient architecture mingled together.

#Cambodia #Angkor Wat #Angkor Thom #this place was so incredible and the rest of the temples which I’ve been too busy to post but wow I was shook

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blueiskewl · 7 months

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Family of Late US billionaire Agree to Return Looted Artifacts to Cambodia

The family of late American pipeline billionaire George Lindemann has agreed to return 33 looted artifacts to Cambodia, according to the US Attorney’s Office, a decision described as “momentous” by the Southeast Asian country.

The collection includes statues of deities, angels and demons from the 10th and 12th centuries from Koh Ker, the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom, and from the famous Angkor Wat temple, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said on Tuesday.

In a statement it said the family’s decision to return the artifacts was voluntary. Lawyers for the Lindemann family did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Cambodia’s archaeological sites suffered widespread looting during civil conflicts from the 1960s to 1990s and its government has spent years pursuing the return of antiquities, some of which it says are on display in American museums.

The United States repatriated 27 smuggled antiquities to Cambodia in 2021, including Hindu and Buddhist statues valued at about $3.8 million and last year returned 30 more including several that were more than 1,000 years old.

The artifacts that were held by the Lindemann family are expected to be repatriated later this year, said Bradley Gordon, a lawyer advising Cambodia on the repatriations and head of its investigation team.

He said he understood the Lindemann family had paid more than $20 million for the artifacts.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in a statement said the Lindemann family’s decision to return the artifacts set “an excellent and proper example for other museums and private collectors.”

In a June speech to the American Chamber of Commerce, two months before becoming Cambodia’s leader, Prime Minister Hun Manet said the antiquities were national treasures and more than just historical relics.

“They are the blood in our veins and the soul in our hearts that forge the identity of being Khmer… our heritages define who we are and who we will be,” he said.

US authorities have spent more than a decade working on locating artifacts from Cambodia and have so far repatriated 65. In 2019, art dealer Douglas Latchford was indicted for wire fraud and other crimes related to selling looted Cambodian artifacts, but the charges were dismissed after his death.