Articles tagged with "Cambodia"

The Water & Moon Festival – Get A Once in a Lifetime Experience in Cambodia!

Cambodia is a colorful country, with a beautiful culture known for its colors, beauty and music around the world. And if you really want a spectacular souvenir of your visit to Cambodia, then you should really look forward to the Water & Moon Festival, or the “Bun Om Tuk” in Khmer, apart from other attractions. Although the event is celebrated according to the Buddhist calendar, in the month of Kadeuk, but as per the Western solar calendar, it usually falls in the month of November, so that is the time that you should be planning your trip to catch all the action. The Water & Moon Festival is held in the capital Phnom Penh.

Written by Kevin Meas · Category: Travel

Missing legs of 900-year-old statue spotted in Cambodian jungle

An archaeology professor has discovered the missing legs of a 900-year-old Buddhist statue deep in the Cambodian jungle. The missing giant legs belongs to an eight-headed, three-metre high sandstone statue of Hevajra, the war-like, tantric Buddhist deity. According to a report in The Independent, the professor in question is Dr Peter Sharrock, a senior teaching [...]

Written by Assam News · Category: Interesting