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. . he is a Sadhu .. a Hindu ascetic or holy man, often one who travels from place to place begging.
texture by Lenabemanna
a special holy day for women at the lake who come to bathe and have some time away from the men folk .. :)
Wikipedia: Prasat Mueang Tam is a Khmer Hindu Temple in Prakhon Chai District, Buriram Province, Thailand. It is primarily in the Khleang and Baphuon styles, which dates its primary phases of construction to the late-10th and early-11th centuries. The primary deity was Shiva, although Vishnu was also worshipped there.
Like most Hindu temples, Mueang Tam is oriented towards the east. It has a flat concentric plan, with a central sanctuary and two surrounded successively by an inner enclosure, ponds, and an outer enclosure. The ponds between the enclosures are an unusual feature of the temple, as is the central sanctuary, which is not elevated and has its towers arranged in rows of three and two. All the towers except the central one have been restored.
Ganesha or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bali (Indonesia) and Bangladesh and in countries with large ethnic Indian populations including Fiji, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago. Hindu denominations worship him regardless of affiliations.Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists.
Although he is known by many attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify.Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies. Ganesha is also invoked as patron of letters and learning during writing sessions. Several texts relate mythological anecdotes associated with his birth and exploits.
Ganesha likely emerged as a deity as early as the 1st century CE,but most certainly by the 4th and 5th centuries CE, during the Gupta period, although he inherited traits from Vedic and pre-Vedic precursors. Hindu mythology identifies him as the restored son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition, but he is a pan-Hindu god found in its various traditions. In the Ganapatya tradition of Hinduism, Ganesha is the supreme deity. The principal texts on Ganesha include the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana, and the Ganapati Atharvashirsa. Brahma Purana and Brahmanda Purana are other two Puranic genre encyclopaedic texts that deal with Ganesha.
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥
Elegant Hindu shrines built in 700 AD . It is considered the finest early example of medieval southern Indian temple architecture. Unlike most of its neighbours at the site, it is built of cut stones rather than carved out of caves. It has two shrines, one dedicated to Shiva and the other to Vishnu. Its style is characterized by a pyramidal kutina-type tower that consists of stepped stories topped by a cupola and finial, a form quite different from the northern Indian sikhara. The Mamallapuram monuments and temples, including the Shore Temple complex, were collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Marco Polo and the European merchants who came to Asia after him called the site Seven Pagodas. One of these is believed to be the Shore Temple. Temple complex in the category of structural temples goes to the King Rajasimha (700–728 AD), also known as Narasimhavarman II, of the Pallava Dynasty. It is now inferred that this temple complex was the last in a series of temples that seemed to exist in the submerged coastline; this is supported by the appearance of an outline of its sister temples off the coast during the Tsunami of 2004 which struck this coastline.
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Puerta Sur Angkor Thom-Siem Reap-Camboya.
Angkor Thom está ubicada al lado del río Siem Reap y se halla fortificada por una muralla que, formando un rectángulo de 9 km2 (es decir 3 km por lado), se orienta hacia los puntos cardinales. Su nombre significa "Gran Ciudad" y se mantuvo como capital desde 1181 al menos hasta el siglo XVII.
La puerta sur de Angkor Thom es la puerta de entrada más frecuente al templo debido a su disposición ya que enlaza directamente con la carretera que vá a Angkor Wat.
La Puerta Sur está representada por 4 cabezas cada una en dirección a los 4 puntos cardinales representando a divinidades como Brahma (dios hindú), la cara del rey considerada otra divinidad también se encuentra representada en esta puerta al igual que Buda. En la parte inferior se pueden ver varias figuras de Erawan (elefante sagrado)
Todas las entradas son precedidas por un puente que cruza el canal que rodea la ciudad. Cada puente está custodiado por dos filas de figuras gigantes que empujan unas enormes nagas. A la izquierda los dioses y a la derecha los demonios luchando para crear el primigenio Mar de Leche.
Baphuon is a Hindu temple located immediate northwest of Bayon in Angkor Thom. It is a massive architecture that measures 120 m by 100 m and 34 m tall plus a 210 m long approach road. It is a typical temple mountain. It would be 50 m tall if the central tower is restored.
Two photos were merged to get this image.
It was constructed in the mid 11th century by Suryavarman I who reigned Angkor Empire from 1006 to 1050. The temple was constructed immediate south of his palace. He was also responsible for the constructions of Preah Vihear on the Thai border, Phimeanakas, Ta Keo and West Baray in Yasodharapura (Angkor Thom).
The temple was largely collapsed by the 20th century. It was restored by disassembling to all the pieces and reassembling them like a 4D jigsaw puzzle, which started in 1996 and completed in 2011.
A kitty cat skirts across an ancient wall at dawn in Phanom Rung Historical Park, Buriram Province, Thailand. The park includes the well preserved remains of this hilltop Hindu temple which dates back to the 10th Century when the region was under the influence of the Khmer Empire, the predecessor state to modern Cambodia. The kitty cat, assumedly, dates back to the Purr-sian Empire :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/8.0, 31mm, 1/500s
The sanctuary of Vat Phou is located on the highest terrace reached by climbing the steep stairways. Unused stone materials were scattered over the terrace in the woodland.
The temple in the photo is supposed to be an Angkorian reconstruction in the 11th century re-using the stone materials of Shresthapura built during the Chenla period. Its rear section is built with bricks.
The Angkorian Hindu temple was converted to a Theravada Buddhist temple by the Laotians arrived here after the waning of Angkor Empire in the 14th century.
The temple at Neasden, North West London, UK. No cameras inside at all so I took this over an eight foot gate in live view with the screen turned to face down. Shame about the scaffolding.
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Kinetic Photograph made with one single long exposure shot. See more in: "The Best of Drawing with Light"
Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to show gratitude and thankfulness for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request that certain wishes be granted.
Chhathi Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Surya's sister is worshipped as the Goddess of the festival. It is celebrated six days after Deepavali, on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika (October–November) in the Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat. The rituals are observed over four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (vrata), standing in water, and offering prasad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun. Some devotees also perform a prostration march as they head for the river banks.
This photo was taken in my village Simari in Madhubani district, Bihar. The puja was done in the village pond and the temple can be seen in the background.
sadhu (Hindu siva subsect devotee ). overall colours and contrast impressed me.
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much more sadhu images get into my album sadhu
Scanned slide, image taken in December 2000.
Also written as Preah Vihear Temple is an ancient Hindu temple built by the Khmer Empire, located on top of a 525-metre (1,722 ft) cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia. Construction of the first temple on the site began in the early 9th century and is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.