Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, inaugurated Somesh Goyal’s photo exhibition, Mystiques of Angkor Wat at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre. The exhibition is an excellent presentation about sculpture, architecture of that period/era along with beauty and feature of the famous temple through his lens.
The Minister appreciated the photographic quality, perfection and excellence of Goyal for introducing the centuries old Hindu temples and its unrivaled temple architecture from 9th to 12th Century.
Angkor Wat, the largest monument of the Angkor group and the best preserved, is an architectural masterpiece. Its perfection in composition and proportions make it one of the finest monument of the world.
The Khmer kingdom, one of the great powers of South East Asia, established Capital City at Angkor, present day Cambodia. Driven by spiritual devotion and architectural ambition Khmer rulers built many temples. Their accomplishment reached a Zenith with the construction of Angkor Wat. Nine centuries later, it remains the largest religious building in the world. It is among as the seven wonders of the World and also in the UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list. The photo exhibition showcases the splendour of Angkor Wat which was built to portray Hindu Cosmology and includes an immense temple mountain.