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All around Angkor Wat, you’ll find beautiful figures which are noted as apsaras or divine dancers from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. There are more than 3,000 sculptures, and no two look the ...

At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size, it ...

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For the umpteenth time, they’re debating what to do about the towering strangler fig trees that threaten to rip apart sections of this Buddhist temple, five miles north of Angkor Wat ...

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Buddhists texts are full of stories of how wealth and accounts of Buddhist monks were managed, especially after death. Buddhism was like prosperity theology. Buddhism was deeply connected with the ...

Festivities will be in full swing this weekend at the Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple at 3732 E. Carpenter Road in Stockton. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.