{"id":56754,"date":"2025-12-14T13:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56754"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:48:56","slug":"preah-vihear-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/preah-vihear-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Preah Vihear Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Preah Vihear Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India called for the protection of Preah Vihear Temple in the midst of ongoing Thailand-Cambodia border clashes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Preah Vihear Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>Hindu temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the Preah Vihear Province, in the <\/span><b>northern part of Cambodia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated atop a cliff on the <\/span><b>Cambodia\u2013Thailand border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Dangrek Mountain range.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>dedicated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>Lord Shiva.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built during the period of the <\/span><b>Khmer Empire,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built firstly by King <\/span><b>Suryavarman I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1002-50) and then expanded upon by <\/span><b>Suryavarman II (1113-50).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Architecture of Preah Vihear Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an outstanding masterpiece of <\/span><b>Khmer architecture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is <\/span><b>composed of a series of sanctuaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> linked by a system of pavements and staircases over an 800-metre-long axis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features more than <\/span><b>five successive gopuras.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other structures of this kind, the gopuras here are <\/span><b>connected by a long path<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and topped with <\/span><b>multi-tiered platforms.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these gopuras have <\/span><b>stone roofs,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while others <\/span><b>have wooden roofs.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-calls-for-protection-of-preah-vihear-temple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preah Vihear Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia, near the Thai border, dedicated to Lord Shiva. 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