Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. The largest and best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre—first Hindu, then Buddhist—since its foundation. The temple is the epitome of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and i ...

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Angkor Wat is a unique combination of the temple mountain, the standard design for the empire's state temples, and the later plan of concentric galleries. The temple is a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods: the central quincunx of towers symbolises the five peaks of the mountain, and the walls and moat the surrounding mountain ranges and ocean.[16] Access to the upper areas of the temple was progressively more exclusive, with the laity being admitted only to the lowest level.^{See also:}

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Angkor was the site of a series of capital cities of the Khmer empire for much of the period from the 9th century to the 15th century CE. Their ruins (13°24'N, 103°51'E) are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap), near present day Siem Reap, Cambodia, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of Angkor, now partially restored, constitute the premier collection of examples of Khmer architecture. Visitor numbers approach one million annually. Angkor - History. < ...

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Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late 12th century by king Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his sucessors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. Angkor Thom - History. Angkor Thom was established as the c ...

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The Bayon is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It was built in the 13th century as the state temple of king Jayavarman VII, and stands at the centre of his capital, Angkor Thom. Its most distinctive feature is the multitude of smiling faces on the towers which rise up to its central peak. It also possesses two sets of bas-reliefs, which depict an unusual combination of mythological, historical and mundane events. The main current conservatory body, the JSA, has ...

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The Kingdom of Cambodia (for the various names of the country in Khmer, see naming section below) is a constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia with a population of more than 13 million people. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as Cambodian. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of Cham and small hill tribes. Cambodia is the successor state of the mighty Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese ...

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The Wat Phra Kaew (English Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Thai วัดพระแก้ว; full official name Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram, Thai วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม) is the most important Buddhist temple of Thailand. It is located in the historic center of Bangkok (district Phra Nakhon), within the grounds of the Grand Palace. The construction of the temple started when King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) moved capital from Thonburi to Bangkok in 1785. Unlike other temples it does not contain living quarters for monks; rather, it has only the hi ...

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For the mountain in Tanzania, see Mount Meru, Tanzania. Mount Meru or Mount Sumeru is a sacred mountain in Hindu and Buddhist mythology considered to be the center of the universe. It is believed to be the abode of Brahma and other deities of both religions. The mountain is said to be 80,000 leagues (450,000 km) high and located in Jambudvipa, one of the continents on earth in Hindu mythology. Angkor Wat, the principal temple of Angkor in Cambodia, was built as a symbolic representation of Mount Meru. Including:

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Science and technology in ancient India covered all the major branches of human knowledge and activities, including mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, medical science and surgery, fine arts, mechanical and production technology, civil engineering and architecture, shipbuilding and navigation, sports and games. Grant Duff, a British historian has remarked: “Many of the advances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago”. Science a ...

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Wong Kar-wai, (Traditional: 王家衛; Simplified: 王家卫; Hanyu Pinyin: Wáng Jiāwèi) (born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong based film director and auteur known for his unique visual style of romantic art films. His trademark fashion style is wearing dark sunglasses. Wong Kar-wai - Early career. Born in Shanghai, China, he moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of five. Coming from the Mainland and s ...

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In Islam, the houri (ﺣﻮﺭﻳﺔ), Ḥour-ul-`Ein or ḥawra’ in Arabic, are described as "fair women of Paradise" awaiting devout Muslims. According to the Qur'an (55.56), the houri are pure, having never been touched by man or jinn and so they are virgins who marry the devout in the Jannah, the paradise, of afterlife. The word 'virgin' in Arabic does not translate perfectly into English. A closer translation is 'pure being'. The use of the word is not always sexual. The usual etymology derives houri from the word ḥawira, to be black-eyed, like a gazell ...

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Like the vast supercontinent Eurasia, the culture of Asia is the aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, religions, and ethnic groups in Asia. The continent is often divided into geographic and cultural subregions, including the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent"), North Asia, and Southeast Asia. (Southwest Asia and the Middle East are often considered geographically but not culturally Asian). Asian cultures also range ...

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Mount Meru finds mention innumerable times in Hindu mythology. Some of the better-known legends are recounted here. Mount Meru Mythology - Meru Vayu and Lanka. Legends say that Mount Meru and the wind god Vayu were good friends. However, the sage Narada approached Vayu and incited him to humble the mountain. Vayu blew with full force for one full year, but Meru did not submit. However, after a year Meru took respite for some time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Vayu increased its force. Thus the apex of the mountain was broken and it fell i ...

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Mouhot is often credited with "discovering" Angkor, although the location and existence of the entire series of Angkor sites was always known to the Khmers and had been visited by several westerners since the 16th century. Mouhot mentions in his journals that his contemporary, Father Charles Emile Bouillevaux — a French missionary based in Battambang — had reported that he and other western explorers and missionaries had visited Angkor Wat and the other Khmer temples, at least five years before Mouhot. Father Bouillevaux published his ac ...

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The reference to temples in literature go back early with Panini (520 BC - 460 BC) and Patanjali mentioning temples which were called prasadas. Early beginnings of Hindu temple architecture have been traced to the remains at Aihole and Pattadakal in present day Karnataka, and have Vedic altars and late Vedic temples as described by Panini as models. Later, as more differentiation took place, the Dravidian/ Southern style and or the Indo-Aryan/ Northern/ Nagara style of temple architecture emerged as dominant modes, epitomised in produ ...

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