More than the sum of her parts: Ta Prohm
Where the temples are green
and the trees are brown: Ta Prohm
Engulfed: Ta Prohm
On the way to
Koh Ker
A temple with braces at Koh Ker
A god's hand just brushed by:
collapsed columns along a walkway at Koh Ker
Spring water perpetually washes Vishnu's feet at
Kbal Spean
Shiva Linga: Kbal Spean
Shesha Naga's heads stand upright
amidst the rubble of
Beng Melea
A smiling Buddha meditates unperturbed
by dancing Apsaras:
Bayon
The stillness of a Buddha with a severed head:
Angkor Vat
A typical petrol pump along
Siem Reap's highways
View from Bayon
More than the sum of her parts: Ta Prohm
Where the temples are green
A temple with braces at Koh Ker
A god's hand just brushed by:
A smiling Buddha meditates unperturbed
4 comments:
Wow...
Love to hear your thoughts on Angkhor, and the similarities/differences between Anghkor and Hampi.
Are they isolated ruins of temples (like Mahabalipuram), or is it the ruins of a whole city (like Hampi)?
Have you heard of/seen Orchha in MP?
Ive added Lothal and Kalibangan to my list as well...kicking myself for not having gone there while I was riding that way...
Angkor ruins are spread across hundreds of miles so the scale is much much arger than that of Hampi but it lacks the coherence of Hampi.You reach a temple, get completely sucked into its current state and its history. Then you go to another several miles afar and its a different feeling...
But the sheer age of every stone. The silver green lichen. The tentacle roots of trees. and the presence of Hinduism so far and on such scale!
Lothal is a very small site. May be you should consider Dholavira in Kutch. Even the dry salty peopleless waterless surroundings are an adventure by themselves I am told.
http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_2007_dholavira.asp
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