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preah khan temple
 
  
  
 one demon, one angel
means sacred sword
used to be in library, now lost
used to be Buddhist University in Jayavarman VII times,
then converted to Hinduism,
then back to Buddhist some statue were Buddhist with flat meditation,
then Hindu with upward legs.
the holes in the Stupa were for statues
the gates are in a mirror shape,
getting smaller as it goes so people need to bow as it goes into the center stupa which has no ashes.
same for north and south, except the east gate where the king enters
 
  
  
 
dateMon 2008-10-20 10:36:13
focal7.4mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)
distantwalk 0.16 km (or 2 mins) SW from last photo
locationMap of "preah khan temple"
modelCanon PowerShot G9 width800
height600 flashNo
timing0.0040 s (1/250) aperturef/3.5
iso80 whitebalanceManual
meteringmatrix latitudeN 13d 27.71m 0s
longitudeE 103d 52.23m 0s elevation31.77m
continentAsia countryCambodia
regionSouth East Asia citySiem Reap
weatherSunny temperatureHot
itineraryAngkor Wat activityPreah Khan
 
  
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