A religious ceremony to put four pieces of crystals back on the top of Angkor Thom’s Takav Gate

On 9 June 2022, when the restoration work is almost completed, the restoration team of APSARA National Authority holds the religious ceremony by putting some auspicious stones back to the original place on the top of Takav Gate of Angkor Thom according to the traditional and religious beliefs. Quartz stones are the type of precious…

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APSARA National Authority to collect the pieces of Takav Gate’s Deva balustrade found during the excavation for further restoration

During excavations on the north side of the Takav Gate’s causeway, the restoration found fragments of the Deva balustrade that had fallen into the moat in the northern causeway for hundreds of years. All pieces must be registered, sketched, and photographed before being taken out of the excavation pit to clean, restore, and placed in…

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