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March 23, 2006
river of 1000 lingas
take a crazy king (jayavarman II) who fancies a river site. he likes it and likes it a whole lot. he tells his minions (jayavarman II declared himself god) to temporarily divert the river so that a thousand lingas can be carved upon the riverbed. and his word was law. the reason for this command - it is believed water that runs over lingas are fertile, and this river irrigates angkor's rice fields.
slightly below this field of 1000 carved linga riverbed are waterfalls that lands in a nice little pool. the crazy king takes fancy of this spot too. what does he do? again, he ordered his minions to divert the river temporarily while images of hindu deities were carved upon the river rocks, with patience, devotion and love. this area was to be the king's bathing area.
this site is called kbal spean, some 40 odd minutes drive from angkor wat. water from this river is still considered holy and sacred. saddeningly, vandalism happens.
a better article here
posted by nyx at March 23, 2006 8:44 PM
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I can only imgaine standing there and looking at those carvings
Posted by: BawangMerah at March 24, 2006 11:19 AM
sooooo nice!
imagine bringing royal princesses there to frolic with.
Posted by: thisguy at March 27, 2006 12:17 PM
OMFG.
*drops law degree for plane tickets*
Posted by: priya at March 30, 2006 1:11 AM
u know there's a stone cut off there in the last pic
that was coz of angelina jolie!!!
Posted by: -?- at March 30, 2006 3:14 PM
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