{"id":2767,"date":"2023-04-05T02:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T02:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2023-04-05T02:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T02:11:06","slug":"thommanon-temple-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/05\/thommanon-temple-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Thommanon  Temple &#8211; Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2768\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-1536x1012.png 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-2048x1350.png 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.12-PM-1200x791.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Built during the reign of Suryavarman II (1113\u20131150) at Angkor, Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2770\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1046-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thommanon is a single-towered temple with an east-facing central sanctuary, crowned by a\u00a0<i>prasat<\/i>, or tower. The temple&#8217;s carvings are very well preserved and the aged sandstone provides a distinct contrast to the \u00a0surrounding jungle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2769\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.28-PM-646x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.28-PM-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.28-PM-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.28-PM-768x1217.png 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.38.28-PM.png 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Images of devatas, the female divine carved figurines, are seen in profusion here, as in other Khmer temples. They are the centre of attraction in Thommanon. The devatas depict flower crowns, sampots (Cambodian skirts), necklaces, armbands, belts and ankle bands.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2772\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1-1024x753.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1-1536x1130.png 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1-1200x883.png 1200w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-04-at-9.14.03-PM-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2773\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1049-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions\/2774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}