Hindu Temples

     ...in Hindu Asia. In The Hindu Temple, considered the standard introduction to the subject, George Michell explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple. He illustrates his points with a profusion of photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details, making the book a useful guide for travelers to Asia as well as an illuminating text for students of architecture, religion, and Asian civilizations. Michell's discussion of the meaning and forms of the temple in Hindu society encompasses the awe-inspiring rock-cut temples at Ellora and Elephanta, the soaring superstructures and extraordinary sexual exhibitionism of the sculptures at Khajuraho, and the colossal mortuary temple of Angkor Vat, as well as the tiny iconic shrines that many Hindus wear around their necks and the simple shrines found under trees or near ponds....

     ...Temples in Thailand, Mosques in Thailand, Sdok Kok Thom, List of Buddhist Temples in Thailand, Erawan Shrine, Wat Pa Ban Tat, Thai Temple Art and Architecture, Wat Num, Wat Pah Nanachat, Phanom Rung Historical Park, Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon, Christ Church Bangkok, Wat Phumin, Wat Nong Pah Pong, Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok, Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, World Dhammakaya Centre, Bai Sema, Darunaman Mosque, Leng Buai Ia Shrine, Baan Haw Mosque, Muang Tum, List of Mosques in Thailand, Krue Sae Mosque, Hidayatuddeneyah Mosque, Ho Trai, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Wat Kham Chanot, Chofah, Bell Tower, Attaqwa Mosque, Phra Ubosot, Wat Phra That Phanom, 300 Years Mosque, Wat Phra Lao Thep Nimit, Phu Phek, Wat Tham Saeng Phet, Wat Hong, Wat Pa Salawan. Excerpt: Sdok Kok Thom (Thai: , Sa Dok Kok Tom), or Sdok Kak Thom, is an 11th Century Khmer temple in present-day Thailand, located about 34 kilometers northeast of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. The temple was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed by a

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