Banteay and the Lingas
January 27th 2006 This was the last day of visiting the countless temples of Angkor Wat. We drove past the main complex out into the countryside to a National Park to see the River of a Thousand Lingas. A linga is a Hindu phallic symbol, having a square base, an octaganal section ablve it and topped by a rounded column.. The female symbol is the uma, a square hole with an opening in the middle of one side from wh
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