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conversations with dharma: monkey business
Mahatma Gandhi dreamed that one day India would become a Ram-rajya. The Ramayan teaches Indians to perform their dharma. Originally, it was a 50,000 verse epic poem, seen to originate with Valmiki,the Sanskrit poet, around 1000 BCE. The hero, Rama, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Angkor Wat, Gandhi, hindu mythology, mahatma gandhi, rama-sugriva, rama's bridge, ramayana and sita, ramayana hanuman, ramayana hindu epic, ramayana kecak dance, ramayana sugriva king of the monkeys, sadayu eagle king ramayana, valmiki sanskrit poet
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DEITIES, DEMI-GODS & DECADENCE
Angkor is deep in the north-west Cambodian jungles that surround it and that long submerged it. The temple of Angkor Vat was built early in the twelfth-century by King Suryavarman II to the glory of the Hindu God Vishnu. About … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Angkor, Angkor Bodhisattvas, Angkor Thom, Angkor vat, Angkor Wat, Devata Celestial Goddess, Devatas, Henri Mouhot, Jayavarman II, Khmer Dynasty, Lokesvara, Lokesvara The Compassionate Buddha, Osbert Sitwell, Temple of Bayon Cambodia
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