Category: religion
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The Temple of the Standing Buddha
Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok, Thailand. It is almost impossible to be aloud to get some drone footage in this area due to the heighten security guarding governmental buildings around the temple. So this is a very rare drone footage of the Standing Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand. I asked the Buddhist Lama in charge of the temple…
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My Falcons
Caribbean Kestrel, Falco sparverius. For many years I lived my life with a pair of falcons (male/female Caribbean Kestrels) at home. Why this two decided to permanently live at my backyard and nest next to my bedroom window has an explanation that latter a Buddhist Lama explained me, but the birds were not afraid of…
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The Chronicles of Georgia
Ones I had a dream that I was a Knight of the Order of Solomon, better known as the Knights Templar, and that I was traveling alongside a lake exactly like the one seen in this video. My role as a Knight Templar was that of a “military architect and siege engineer”, I had nothing…
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Bayon
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. At the center of the last city of Angkor and perhaps a microcosm of the kingdom with representations of all the major divinities – Buddhist to the south and east, and Hindu to the north and west. 200 large faces adorn the 54 towers signifying the omnipresence of…
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
“The White Mosque” Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This is how the heavens look like when I have dreams about them. Is by far, the most beautiful mosque I have ever seen, and I have seen many. But they have a hidden treasure which cannot be shown on video nor photograph and that is the…
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Hagia Sophia
While I was in Istanbul it snowed which is a very rare event in such a low hemisphere. I took the opportunity to make a “Mr. Snowman” so that I could take an original “Christmas” picture of Hagia Sophia during the holidays. Some of the pictures below depicts Hagia Sophia covered in snow and Mr.…
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Bat Chum
953 AD Rajendravarman II Buddhist. The first known Buddhist temple. Three brick sanctuaries with the main architectural elements in sandstone on a common moulded laterite base. Inscriptions give details of dedications to three Buddhist divinities and reveal the architect of the Eastern Mebon as its patron and builder. More at “The Angkor Survey“.
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Baphuon
Middle of 11th century Udayadityavarman II Hindu (Shiva). A three tiered temple mountain – the “impressive copper tower even higher than the tower of gold” (the Bayon) described by Tcheou Ta-Kouan, a Chinese diplomat visiting at the end of the 13th century. Probably the central temple of the fourth kingdom of Angkor. More at “The…
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Banteay Srei
967 AD Rajendravarman II Jayavarman V Hindu (Shiva) 25 kilometres to the north east of Angkor Thom. A jewel to which the nature of the material used – a finely textured rose coloured sandstone – is perfectly suited. Monumental size and architectural theme give way to a miniature scale and a dense and exquisite detail…
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Banteay Kdei
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist temple of four enclosures, the outer measuring 700 by 500 metres, showing signs of at least two stages of construction in differing styles. Typical of Jayavarman VII, but in an advanced state of ruin. More at “The Angkor Survey“.
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Baksei Chamkrong
947 AD Hashavarman I Rajendravarman II Hindu (Shiva). A temple mountain set back in the trees at the base of Phnom Bakheng, in materials typical of the 10th century. A brick tower opening to the east and originally decorated with stucco moulding surmounts four diminishing tiers in laterite – the upper-most of which is moulded…