Toul Basan Temple Srok Srey Santhor Kom Pong Cham

Toul Basan Temple Located in Sya Ampil village, Baray commune, Srey Santhor district, Kampong Cham province. Today, we still see the temple and a one-story pagoda surrounded by a water baray around a Brahmin temple converted to Buddhism, probably with three floors. The temple is located on a high hill with large trees, especially tamarind trees that are hundreds of years old. Tuol Basan was

Baray Bres Theat

I shared the front seat of a minibus with an Italian teacher called George for the four hour trip to Phnom Penh next morning. My welcome at the Dara Reang Sey was as warm as ever and that evening

A DIPLOMATIC confrontation is looming over the building in India of a replica of Cambodia’s massive Angkor Wat

A DIPLOMATIC confrontation is looming over the building in India of a replica of Cambodia’s massive Angkor Wat, the country’s most popular tourist attraction and its national symbol.

The Cambodian government has described the building of a replica to create the world’s largest Hindu shrine on the banks of the Ganges as a ”shameful act” that could affect its future relationship with India.

Culture of Cambodia

 

Throughout Cambodia‘s long history, religion has been a major source of cultural inspiration. Over nearly two millennia, Cambodians have developed a unique Khmer belief from the syncreticism of indigenous animistic beliefs and the Indian religions of Buddhism and Hinduism. Indian culture and civilization, including its languages and arts reached mainlandSoutheast Asia around the 1st century AD. It is generally believed that seafaring merchants brought Indian customs and culture to ports along the Gulf of Thailand and the Pacific en route to trade with China. The Kingdom of Funan was most probably the first Khmer state to benefit from this influx of Indian ideas.