1929 Photogravure Angkor Wat Vishnu Churning of the Sea of Milk Hindu Creation XGDB3 snowflakes

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1929 Photogravure Angkor Wat Vishnu Churning of the Sea of Milk Hindu Creation XGDB3 snowflakesThis is an original 1929 photogravure of the "Churning of the Sea of Milk" of Angkor Wat in Angkor, Cambodia (Kampuchea). Angkor Wat was built for King Suryavarman II in the 12th century, and is the world's largest religious building. The temple represents Mount Meru, the sacred mountain in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Originally, the temple was Hindu, and later Buddhist. The relief describes the Hindu creation story. Vishnu is in the middle of the