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~*Vat Pou*~ |
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In its faraway history, Vat Phou was a significant capital founded at about III-IV th century by a king Champa, named Bhadravarman. Later, at the middle of the VI th century, this city was conquered by a king of the Tchenla Sresthavarman, a little-son of the hermit Kambu.
This capital is realised at the leg of a mountain, nominated "Lingaparvata" On the top of the mountain "Lingaparvata" settled a great naturel Linga whom a chapel was built for the cult of Civa (?) and the human sacrifice |
The city Vat Phu (the most important Khmer's monument in Laos), actual situated in the lower Laos, in the past was a saintly place for the Khmers |
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