Category: united nations
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Elephants Terrace
End of 12th century Jayavarman VII. The foundation platform of the royal audience hall, described by Chou Ta-Kuan in 1296 “In the counsel hall, the window frames are of gold: to the left and right are square pillars bearing forty or firty mirrors, below them are elephants”. “Here, on the central perron amidst the ringing…
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East Top
It was built during the reign of Jayavarman VIII in honor of a Brahmin scholar called Mangalartha, assimilated to Vishnu. It’s cruciform in plan and opens to east, while on the other cardinal points there are false doors. The sanctuary chamber sheltered two statues, one of Mangalartha and the other of his mother, whose pedestal…
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East Mebon
952 AD Rajendravarman II Hindu (Shiva). At the center of the Eastern Baray and so originally only accessible by boat. A temple mountain in brick and laterite but with a three meter high platform carrying five towers arranged in a quincunx rather than a central tiered pyramid. The large foundation stele describes the dedication to…
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Chau Say Tevoda
Beginning of 12th century Suryavarman II Hindu. Similar in style to Thommanon to the North, but in an advanced state of ruin. A raised causeway on three rows of piers links the temple via a cruciform terrace to the river. New Years Party, Chau Say Tevoda side Asian New Year’s eve has a different calendar…
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Thommanon
Beginning of 12th century Suryavarman II Hindu. Extensively restored in contrast to Chau Say Tevoda just to its South. A single ruined lateral wall, 45 by 60 meters, surrounded by a moat and divided by two gopuras encloses both a finely detailed central sanctuary set on a 2.5 meters high molded base and a single…
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Pokhara’s World Peace Pagoda
World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara (Enshrining The Sacred Relics of Lord Shakyamuni Buddha) The pioneer of peace Siddhartha Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini of Nepal in 563 BC and spent 29 years of familiar life In his kingdom kapilvastu, Nepal. After his Great Renunciation at the age of 35 he attained enlightenment in Boddhagaya of…
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Pokhara’s Shiva
Shiva is one of the most important gods in Hinduism. Shiva is a complex character who may represent goodness and benevolence, and he serves as the Protector. This Shiva Statue is located at the top of a hill contrary to the main Pokhara lake attractions. Hindu people as well as Buddhist people believe in reincarnation,…
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Guadalupe
Marian apparitions in which the Virgin Mary appears in person, or as a holographic image, to communicate with her follower here on earth from a planet heaven, or as Buddhist philosophy and I call it from a scientific perspective ‘Higher Level of Existence’, have a theoretical scientific explanation. From Fatima in Portugal to ‘El Tepeyac’…
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Fatima
Marian apparitions in which the Virgin Mary appears in person, or as a holographic image, to communicate with her follower here on earth from a planet heaven, or as Buddhist philosophy and I call it from a scientific perspective ‘Higher Level of Existence’, have a theoretical scientific explanation. From Fatima in Portugal to ‘El Tepeyac’…
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Guadalajara Cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, Mexico. This music video and the photo that inspire it shown at the end of the video screams “CULTURA” (culture), like no other photo I have taken before. From the music, traditional customs, the cathedral architectural design, etc…
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Sameba
Holy trinity cathedral of Tbilisi. Like I have said before in previous videos about Tbilisi, I first came into contact with the area when I was a Knight of the Temple of Solomon better known as the Knights Templar. I was a nobleman from French Basque descent, in today’s day I’m from Spanish Basque descent,…