Thailand and Cambodia are firing artillery over a disputed temple.
11 civilians dead. 40,000 evacuated. Thai PM suspended.
This is no longer a border skirmish — it's a crisis.
https://open.substack.com/pub/ryanjhite/p/thailand-and-cambodia-at-war-the?r=apuu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://www.patreon.com/posts/thailand-and-at-135645014?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
#Thailand #Cambodia #Geopolitics #ASEAN #PreahVihear
#PreahVihear
Old, steep steps at Preah Vihear
After the long stone layered access road from the mountain temple gate in the north, there is a steep step to enter the first temple building/Gopura.
As interesting as the building itself, is the construction and the decoration on the stairs.
The main steps are large and old stone fitted together like they were during building a thousand years ago. For every 3rd step, there is a sidestep suitable for a person or some decorative item.
This steep entrance step is only for the first temple building. After that, the rest of the 6 main buildings and support libraries are spread out on a relatively level ground. Stretching south to the steep cliff, were you find a fantastic view to the north of Cambodia.
Cambodian World Cultural Heritage
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built during 250 years, starting over one thousand years ago. Several god kings of the Khmer Empire added to the buildings and site details.
It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/a-drop-of-colour-and-a-drop-of-water-a-good/
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #PreahVihearTemple
After the long stone layered access road from the mountain temple gate in the north, there is a steep step to enter the first temple building/Gopura.
As interesting as the building itself, is the construction and the decoration on the stairs.
The main steps are large and old stone fitted together like they were during building a thousand years ago. For every 3rd step, there is a sidestep suitable for a person or some decorative item.
This steep entrance step is only for the first temple building. After that, the rest of the 6 main buildings and support libraries are spread out on a relatively level ground. Stretching south to the steep cliff, were you find a fantastic view to the north of Cambodia.
Cambodian World Cultural Heritage
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built during 250 years, starting over one thousand years ago. Several god kings of the Khmer Empire added to the buildings and site details.
It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/a-drop-of-colour-and-a-drop-of-water-a-good/
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #PreahVihearTemple
An intricate entrance gate to history
North in Cambodia lays the levelled mountain temple complex of Preah Vihear. The details in the ornamentation on this temple is stunning.
Preah Vihear is dedicated to the god Shiva.
The art tells about the details in the religious practice over the 250 years the Angkor Empire built this temple complex over 1000 year ago.
Preah Vihear is the 2nd Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site after Angkor Wat.
An intricate entrance gate at Preah Vihear
In the north of Cambodia, on the mountain range bordering the Kingdom in the north, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.
The details in the ornamentation on this temple is stunning. This gate to one of the four gopuras at this temple is an example.
The temple of Preah Vihear is dedicated to the god Shiva. The top lintel is often dedicated to showing symbols and rites connected to Shiva, but in almost equal amount to Vishnu.
It tells about the details in the religious practice over the 250 years the Angkor Empire built this temple complex.
The doors “enfilade”/side areas are rich with scenes from Khmer, Veda and Hindu mythology – like churning of the sea of milk, Khrishna Govardhan.
There are several compositions that is repeating in different variations at Preah Vihear. One example is built around a central motif, almost always a head of kala or lion, which develops into a symmetrical decoration.
Cambodian World Cultural Heritage
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built over a period of 250 year, starting over one thousand years ago. Several god kings of the Khmer Empire added to the buildings and site details.
Preah Vihear has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1224/
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #PreahVihearTemple
In the north of Cambodia, on the mountain range bordering the Kingdom in the north, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.
The details in the ornamentation on this temple is stunning. This gate to one of the four gopuras at this temple is an example.
The temple of Preah Vihear is dedicated to the god Shiva. The top lintel is often dedicated to showing symbols and rites connected to Shiva, but in almost equal amount to Vishnu.
It tells about the details in the religious practice over the 250 years the Angkor Empire built this temple complex.
The doors “enfilade”/side areas are rich with scenes from Khmer, Veda and Hindu mythology – like churning of the sea of milk, Khrishna Govardhan.
There are several compositions that is repeating in different variations at Preah Vihear. One example is built around a central motif, almost always a head of kala or lion, which develops into a symmetrical decoration.
Cambodian World Cultural Heritage
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built over a period of 250 year, starting over one thousand years ago. Several god kings of the Khmer Empire added to the buildings and site details.
Preah Vihear has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1224/
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #PreahVihearTemple
मंदिर के लिए छिड़ा नया युद्ध 😱 | Thailand’s Secret War For A Temple!
मंदिर के लिए छिड़ा नया युद्ध 😱 | Thailand's Secret War For A Temple! मंदिर के लिए छिड़ा नया युद्ध 😱 | Thailand's Secret War For A Temple! थाईलैंड और कंबोडिया के बीच एक हज़ार साल पुराने हिंदू मंदिर के लिए छिड़ा भीषण युद्ध! जानिए Preah Vihear Temple Dispute की पूरी shocking history और इस नए war के पीछे का खतरनाक सच। #ThailandCambodiaWar #PreahVihear #Geopolitics…
Tensions Rise Between Thailand and Cambodia Along Border
🇹🇭💥🇰🇭 Clashes erupt on Thailand-Cambodia border near Preah Vihear Temple, leaving 12 dead and 14 injured. Long-standing territorial dispute reignites. #Thailand #Cambodia #BorderConflict #PreahVihear #UNESCO
https://kokcha.news/4278/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Cambodia Forms High-Level Committee to Pursue ICJ Claim
#Cambodia #disputedterritory #ICJ #InternationalCourtofJustice #PreahVihear
https://blazetrends.com/cambodia-forms-high-level-committee-to-pursue-icj-claim/?fsp_sid=48179
🇰🇭 CAMBODIA | 🇹🇭 THAILAND
🔴 Border Clash Leaves Cambodian Soldier Dead
🔸 Cambodian army says Thai troops opened fire near disputed Preah Vihear; one soldier killed.
🔸 Border tension dates back to colonial-era disputes; ICJ ruled in Cambodia’s favor in 1962.
A drop of colour and a drop of water
Dimensions, on a Khmer-girl scale.
A good thing with an assistant is to have someone to show the relative size of things.
Like my friend here, showing the size of one of the water basins before entering the first of the main temple constructions of Preah Vihear.
This fantastic mountain top temple complex is just another important part of Khmer cultural heritage to the world, forever for Cambodia to care and protect. It was added to the World Cultural Heritage list in 2008.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1224/
#preahvihear #water #well #Cambodia #seventemples #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #khmergirl #colorful #culturalheritageday #preahviheartemple #photoassistant #localgirl #khmer #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple
Dimensions, on a Khmer-girl scale.
A good thing with an assistant is to have someone to show the relative size of things.
Like my friend here, showing the size of one of the water basins before entering the first of the main temple constructions of Preah Vihear.
This fantastic mountain top temple complex is just another important part of Khmer cultural heritage to the world, forever for Cambodia to care and protect. It was added to the World Cultural Heritage list in 2008.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1224/
#preahvihear #water #well #Cambodia #seventemples #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #khmergirl #colorful #culturalheritageday #preahviheartemple #photoassistant #localgirl #khmer #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple
The sunset warmly lit temple by the icy blue pond
In the north of Cambodia, on the border mountain range to the large northeast Isaan-region of Thailand, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built during a century one thousand years ago. Several god kings of the Khmer Empire added to the buildings and site details. It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
As a tourist attraction, the temple is a popular target for travellers with all the usual and some unique reasons. The location of the site, and the outlook of the surrounding area and landscape are truly special. The combination of several Angkor art and architectural styles into one complex is very interesting. It is localised on the top of a mountain range, with a view to both the core Cambodian lands to the south and the extended former Khmer empire now belonging to Thailand in the north.
It is a mountain temple, and the access is easy enough after you have paid someone with 4x4 to drive you up. Not wheelchair accessible, but seniors and other who are able to walk normally can visit easily.
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #PreahVihearTemple
In the north of Cambodia, on the border mountain range to the large northeast Isaan-region of Thailand, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built during a century one thousand years ago. Several god kings of the Khmer Empire added to the buildings and site details. It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
As a tourist attraction, the temple is a popular target for travellers with all the usual and some unique reasons. The location of the site, and the outlook of the surrounding area and landscape are truly special. The combination of several Angkor art and architectural styles into one complex is very interesting. It is localised on the top of a mountain range, with a view to both the core Cambodian lands to the south and the extended former Khmer empire now belonging to Thailand in the north.
It is a mountain temple, and the access is easy enough after you have paid someone with 4x4 to drive you up. Not wheelchair accessible, but seniors and other who are able to walk normally can visit easily.
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019CE #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #PreahVihearTemple
By the foot of the hill: Playtime!
Remember being a child, and have access to a large playground with sandboxes?
Yeah, that feeling.
Road trips are more fun with great company. Even if they are small.
Travelling with a nearly two-year-old healthy and active child was nearly over the top fun. Especially when a lot of energy from sitting still in a car followed by a delicious lunch needed to be expended.
Getting ready for a steep ride and hike
We had just had lunch after several hours of driving in cars from Anlong Veng. After a short break time in the sun, we were getting ready for visiting the temple on the hill, Preah Vihear. And got prepared for any occasion. Including cold wind, rain, strong sun and some gifts for the shrines and guards on duty. That is how Khmer explore their own cultural heritage.
A Toyota Hilux was hired, our seniors in the travel party got inside up front, and the rest of us was the cool gang in the back.
And then we were off to expend some penned up energy.
#sun #sand #asianboy #funinthesun #preahvihear #Cambodia #bluesky #breaktime #khmer #2019CE #playtime #sandbox #worldisyouroyster #roadtrip #buddies #preahvihear #phnompreahvihear #breakearea #stagingarea #visitpreahvihear #ancient #Angkor #architecture #archive #art #breakearea #Buddhism #countryside #daytrip #Hinduism #history #imperial #leaveonlyfootprints #Nikon #phnom #playtime #PreahVihear #roadtrip #sand #Siem #Reap #siemreap #site #stagingarea #statetemple #sun #takeonlyphotos #temple #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #worldculturalheritage
Remember being a child, and have access to a large playground with sandboxes?
Yeah, that feeling.
Road trips are more fun with great company. Even if they are small.
Travelling with a nearly two-year-old healthy and active child was nearly over the top fun. Especially when a lot of energy from sitting still in a car followed by a delicious lunch needed to be expended.
Getting ready for a steep ride and hike
We had just had lunch after several hours of driving in cars from Anlong Veng. After a short break time in the sun, we were getting ready for visiting the temple on the hill, Preah Vihear. And got prepared for any occasion. Including cold wind, rain, strong sun and some gifts for the shrines and guards on duty. That is how Khmer explore their own cultural heritage.
A Toyota Hilux was hired, our seniors in the travel party got inside up front, and the rest of us was the cool gang in the back.
And then we were off to expend some penned up energy.
#sun #sand #asianboy #funinthesun #preahvihear #Cambodia #bluesky #breaktime #khmer #2019CE #playtime #sandbox #worldisyouroyster #roadtrip #buddies #preahvihear #phnompreahvihear #breakearea #stagingarea #visitpreahvihear #ancient #Angkor #architecture #archive #art #breakearea #Buddhism #countryside #daytrip #Hinduism #history #imperial #leaveonlyfootprints #Nikon #phnom #playtime #PreahVihear #roadtrip #sand #Siem #Reap #siemreap #site #stagingarea #statetemple #sun #takeonlyphotos #temple #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #worldculturalheritage
That's the 6th time we've visited Cambodia 🇰🇭
The last time was 2 months, 4 weeks, 2 days ago : វត្តដំបូកខ្មៅ ភ្នំត្បែងមានជ័យ in #PreahVihear - https://mastodon.social/@pilgrimsonline/113770293417240283
A drop of colour and a drop of water
A good thing with an assistant is to have someone to show the scale of things.
Like my friend here, showing the size of one of the water basins before entering the first of the temple buildings of Preah Vihear.
This fantastic mountain top temple complex is just another important part of khmer heritage to the world, forever for Cambodia to care for and protect.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1224/
#preahvihear #water #well #Cambodia #seventemples #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #khmergirl #colorful #culturalheritageday #preahviheartemple #photoassistant #localgirl #khmer #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple
A good thing with an assistant is to have someone to show the scale of things.
Like my friend here, showing the size of one of the water basins before entering the first of the temple buildings of Preah Vihear.
This fantastic mountain top temple complex is just another important part of khmer heritage to the world, forever for Cambodia to care for and protect.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1224/
#preahvihear #water #well #Cambodia #seventemples #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #khmergirl #colorful #culturalheritageday #preahviheartemple #photoassistant #localgirl #khmer #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple
The sunset warm temple by the icy blue pond
This temple complex in the north of Cambodia, on the border mountain range to the large northeast Isaan-region of Thailand, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built during a century one thousand years ago. It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
As a tourist attraction, the temple is a popular travelling target with all the usual and some unique reasons. The location and the view and outlook of the surrounding areas are special. The combination of several Angkor art and architectural styles into one complex is very interesting.
It is a mountain temple, but the access is easy going after you have paid someone with 4x4 to drive you up. Not wheel chair accessible, but seniors and other who are able to walk can visit easily.
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia
This temple complex in the north of Cambodia, on the border mountain range to the large northeast Isaan-region of Thailand, lays the levelled temple complex of Preah Vihear.
The name "Preah Vihear" comes from the Khmer words "Preah" (sacred) and "Vihear" (abode or shrine). The temple is also sometimes referred to as "Phnom Preah Vihear" (mountain of Preah Vihear).
The large temple complex was built during a century one thousand years ago. It has been a Cambodian World Cultural Heritage site for nearly twenty years.
As a tourist attraction, the temple is a popular travelling target with all the usual and some unique reasons. The location and the view and outlook of the surrounding areas are special. The combination of several Angkor art and architectural styles into one complex is very interesting.
It is a mountain temple, but the access is easy going after you have paid someone with 4x4 to drive you up. Not wheel chair accessible, but seniors and other who are able to walk can visit easily.
#ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #Preah #Vihear #Temple #preahvihear #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #hinduism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #colorful #colourful #culturalheritage #cambodia
Getting b-roll from the locals
Having a talented, young photography assistant is always great!
Giving my backup mobile camera, or often my own backup camera to the ever brilliantly talented and creative ms N* is a way of getting new perspectives when travelling. She is the daughter of one of my longest known Khmer friends.
Being lighter and smaller than me, and a rather fearless climber, she is able to get to places and see motives I often miss. And being intuitively good at taking photos, the resulting shots are over average great.
The Preah Vihear Temple complex is one of Cambodia most precious global cultural heritage sites, and getting around all of it takes time and several visits. Having some assistance from locals is a key to get the most out of a visit here.
And you may even have a look at Sisaket Province in Thailand. From a safe and secured distance, of course.
Preah Vihear is a daytrip by car out of Siem Reap or Kampong Thom. Combined with a visit to Anlong Ven from Siem Reap, or Sambor Preah Kouk from Kampong Thom is a full day of marvels and sights in the Kingdom of Wonder.
#preahviheartemple #preahvihear #photoassistant #localgirl #locallady #khmer #khmerlady #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #colorful #colourful #culturalheritageday #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #cambodia #Preah #Vihear #Temple
Having a talented, young photography assistant is always great!
Giving my backup mobile camera, or often my own backup camera to the ever brilliantly talented and creative ms N* is a way of getting new perspectives when travelling. She is the daughter of one of my longest known Khmer friends.
Being lighter and smaller than me, and a rather fearless climber, she is able to get to places and see motives I often miss. And being intuitively good at taking photos, the resulting shots are over average great.
The Preah Vihear Temple complex is one of Cambodia most precious global cultural heritage sites, and getting around all of it takes time and several visits. Having some assistance from locals is a key to get the most out of a visit here.
And you may even have a look at Sisaket Province in Thailand. From a safe and secured distance, of course.
Preah Vihear is a daytrip by car out of Siem Reap or Kampong Thom. Combined with a visit to Anlong Ven from Siem Reap, or Sambor Preah Kouk from Kampong Thom is a full day of marvels and sights in the Kingdom of Wonder.
#preahviheartemple #preahvihear #photoassistant #localgirl #locallady #khmer #khmerlady #Cambodia #Kampuchea #templevisit #buddhism #angkor #art #architecture #bluesky #isaan #sisaket #2019ce #water #well #worldculturalheritage #roadtrip #2019 #colorful #colourful #culturalheritageday #ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ #cambodia #Preah #Vihear #Temple
Dargah-e-Khawaja Garib Nawaz Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti (RAH) - Ajmer Sharif in #Ajmer, #India -🇮🇳 is around 3,350 km or 2,094 miles from our previous place of worship Preah Vihear in #PreahVihear, #Cambodia - 🇰🇭 - https://mastodon.social/@pilgrimsonline/113770293417240283
វត្តដំបូកខ្មៅ ភ្នំត្បែងមានជ័យ in #PreahVihear, #Cambodia has no wikipedia page, why not become an editor and add one?
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All the photos from yesterday's visit to Koh Ker and Temple 5. Nice day of walking. If you visit need separate day pass if you are international. Costs $15. Angkor day pass will not work.
#kohker #preahvihear #cambodia #history #photography
https://michaelperry-photography.smugmug.com/Cambodia-2024/n-PF3wpH/Phnom-Penh-getaway-
Second temple by Koh Ker. This one my wife and I really loved. This tree. Amazing. Looks like a hand into the ground. This is temple 5 by pyramid. Lovely but weird.
This is the pyramid at Koh Ker. There is a well maintained stairway to the top. About two hundred steps. I went to the top.
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