The original Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia.Published: 07-Mar-12
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) – Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said Wednesday that plans for an Angkor Wat replica in India would not affect the real temple complex in Cambodia.
“Even though Brahmanism originated in India, no Indian temples have been bigger than Angkor Wat," said Khieu Kanharith, who is also spokesman for the Cambodia government.
“The real thing is always worth more than a fake,” he said, adding that Indians were likely to want to see the original site in Cambodia after visiting the replica.
He was speaking after the Bihar Mahavir Mandir Trust Organization announced plans to build the biggest Angkor Wat Temple in the world.
“Even though Brahmanism originated in India, no Indian temples have been bigger than Angkor Wat," said Khieu Kanharith, who is also spokesman for the Cambodia government.
“The real thing is always worth more than a fake,” he said, adding that Indians were likely to want to see the original site in Cambodia after visiting the replica.
He was speaking after the Bihar Mahavir Mandir Trust Organization announced plans to build the biggest Angkor Wat Temple in the world.
4 comments:
Minister of Information should know it is effect for new generation and identity of the Khmer nation after minister has gone, what significant of symbol of Khmer flag, should we redesign our flag? Even Thais has not dare to put Angkor Wat on her flag. India is a big Hindu practice in the world and has no possession of big Hindu temple, India is jealous for Khmer small country who practice Buddhism possessing the huge Hindu temple in the world. Indian government and NGO have plan of try to claim Angkor Wat as her own, they sent many Indian expert to destroy Angkor Wat by used acid to clean Angkor Wat.
People know well about Indian rival China who influenced Cambodia in economy and culture recently so India has to do something unpredictable like try to copy Angkor Wat and Indian government pretend to know nothing about replica of Angkor Wat and put this matter to NGO which clever orchestrate.
If Cambodian government and minister did nothing to protect our identity and Khmer interest history will record him as what?
Look at this statement ‘may be Indian faithfully copy Khmer art, we never know. If we compare the temple in Cambodia and temple in India there is none of Indian temple like Cambodian temple, Indian temples are relatively small and its art like doll display. If Hindu is biggest religion of Indian why Hindu temple builded by Khmer are vast concentration in Cambodia during Angkorian period rather than India?
Remember Indian expert used acid to clean up Angkor Wat but now the sand stone decay and melt down and her art form are disappeared, these damages is irreversible.
Please do not trust India, poor country do poor thing, when I made visit to Angkor Thom which under Indian renovation and I did not see any progress except I did see Indian expert hanging around and bossy to Cambodia labours. I do no know where these Indian expertises try to copy or steal the art model or just figure out what to do or to steal.
We Khmer who build countless temple we should be the one who expert for fixing our temple. Of course we need fund’.
Incomes from tourist $40 million per year will be enough to repair the temples and have enough to build the biggest one if India decide not to respect Khmer identity and copy right.
I agree with you, but i dont agree with your last sentence.
"We Khmer who build countless temple we should be the one who expert for fixing our temple. Of course we need fund."
-WHat we Khmer need is not more fund. What we Khmer need is a new leader. Cambodia already gets $1 billion in aids every years, on top of that Cambodia last year made somewhat over $11 Billions in trade also last year.
So do you think we need more money? Enough with Cambodia is poor, we need more money.
NO NO NO. What Cambodia need is a new government, NOT CPP, a new government with new leader, an educated leader, not an UNEDUCATED VIETMINH.
New leader and new government will used those money for the interest of the nation, for example, stop this silly leasing out our Angkor Wat to the Vietnamese for 99 years.
Agree?
Our history after Angkorian period from one leader to another claim to fix Khmer problem but none of those could do, one claim to be better than one but the true is when they have the power they practice the same method other word dictatorship in their mind.
We Khmer can not wait to see leadership change in order to fix problem, we want to see who in charge to fix the problem not the one who inherited.
We can talk about billion dollars of trade but none of those trades in hand of Khmer it is in hand of foreigner who hold trade on behalf of Cambodia name or we can say because our dictatorship leaders have no ability to run our country it is not untrue, however we can talk fairly on $40 million Angkor Wat fees from tourist should use to repair and build big new one. The Angkor Wat replica project will plan to spend $20 million, so we can do as well if we can not stop Indian project or copy our identity right.
Not all CPP are bad some of them patriot as other Khmer and behind the scene they may admire other Khmer party who have sense of patriotism this do not exclude the PM.
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