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Photographs from Kbal Spean near Angkor

Posted on July 10, 2010July 30, 2011 by Ānandajoti

I first went to the Angkor sites in Cambodia in March this year with my good friend Leslie Shaw; and I have just returned there in June for a short visit with another good friend Colin Low. On the first trip we spent 2 weeks at the sites and the result was a whole page at my photographic website Photo Dharma.

Then in May I discovered some great software which could make seamless panoramas from multiple photographs (I will blog about this later). That made me think of returning again to get better coverage of the wall murals at Bayon.

On the first day of the short return trip, however, we decided to go to Kbal Spean, which I had not visited in March. The site is located about 50 km from Siem Reap, out past the exquisite Banteay Srei, and lies up a mountain and inside a jungle. The site is so remote it was only rediscovered in 1968.

Unfortunately its remoteness has made it an easy picking for looters, and some of the sculptures have been hacked off for sale to collectors. Here are the photographs I have just published on my Photo Dharma website, where the high-definition photographs can be found.

For the high-definition files, slideshow and more photographs please see the SOURCE.

Approaching the Mountain
Approaching the Mountain

 Bridge
Bridge

 Entwined Tree
Entwined Tree

 Jungle Path
Jungle Path

 Stairway
Stairway

 River Running over the Lingams
River Running over the Lingams

 Lingams Carved into the Living Rock
Lingams Carved into the Living Rock

 Water Rushing over the Lingams
Water Rushing over the Lingams

 Submerged Lingams
Submerged Lingams

 Submerged Yoni with Five Lingams
Submerged Yoni with Five Lingams

 Lotuses
Lotuses

 Mossy Sculptures
Mossy Sculptures

 Reclining Vishnu
Reclining Vishnu

 Vishnu
Vishnu

 Unidentified Face
Unidentified Face

 Unidentified Face
Unidentified Face

 Vishnu and Lakshmi
Vishnu and Lakshmi

 Vishnu with Lingams near the Bridge
Vishnu with Lingams near the Bridge

 Vishnu with Lakshmi (looted)
Vishnu with Lakshmi (looted)

 Brahma
Brahma

 Brahma Close Up
Brahma Close Up

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