Rekha Prasad
Apsara carvings
According to Hindu mythology, Apsaras are beautiful dancing
girls who are the wives of Ghandarvas, the court musicians of
Indra; king of Devas.
As per Hindu legend, the “elixir of immortality” was lost in the mythological Ocean of Milk and the gods went looking for it. It is said that these goddesses were born from the ocean of milk; water nymphs that were pulled from the ocean by the Hindu Devas (gods); Visuki, the god of serpents and a group of morally corrupt demons, the Asuras.
In Angkor wat temple walls and relief, you can see, around 1800 apsara carvings with different clothing, hair style, floral decorations, headdresses.. It has been concluded that they were modelled on real Apsaras in the Khmer court of 12th century.
Apsara carvings
According to Hindu mythology, Apsaras are beautiful dancing
girls who are the wives of Ghandarvas, the court musicians of
Indra; king of Devas.
As per Hindu legend, the “elixir of immortality” was lost in the mythological Ocean of Milk and the gods went looking for it. It is said that these goddesses were born from the ocean of milk; water nymphs that were pulled from the ocean by the Hindu Devas (gods); Visuki, the god of serpents and a group of morally corrupt demons, the Asuras.
In Angkor wat temple walls and relief, you can see, around 1800 apsara carvings with different clothing, hair style, floral decorations, headdresses.. It has been concluded that they were modelled on real Apsaras in the Khmer court of 12th century.