Had my grandfather over for few weeks at home... Was great spending time with him... Had lot of fun, just having him around, talking about random stuff, heard his enthralling anecdotes on India's wartime periods etc. Also indulged in some project work so to say!
My grandfather had visited this place called Angkor Wat which is in Cambodia around 2 years ago..
Angkor Wat is basically a Temple Complex built by the rulers of the Khmer dynasty. These ancient temples are so vast that they were actually built across a span of 4 centuries from 800 to 1200 A.D! It is designed to represent Mount Meru which is believed to be the home of the devas in Hindu Mythology.
Known to be one of the greatest arhcitectural wonders of all times, the temple is admired for its extensive bas-reliefs (a type of sculpting) and for the grandeur in its architecture... If you look at some of the pictures on the web, it is really amazing how magnificent the architecture was so many thousands of years ago... It is pretty interesting too, the history of this nation actually, saw a few documentaries on it that my grand-dad got... He is still in love with that place!
So he had this 'to-proportion' diagram of the entire main temple complex and we indulged in some craft work!!! Cut, folded, pasted the designs together and recreated a mini Angkor Wat!!! It was so much fun doing some craft work! Really felt so relaxed and happy just having something different to do rather than the other daily "pass times" I usually get into...
There is a unique sense of satisfaction you get in 'creating' something...
There is a unique sense of satisfaction you get in 'creating' something...
Well here is a picture of our very own mini Angkor Wat temple! And the actual one right below it!
4 comments:
It's really awesome that you actually created that. Angkor Wat is one of the most famous monuments. With everyone getting so much busy in the professional world, it's actually great to see that you could take out time for this marvelous piece of craft work. Cheers!
Thank you! Yeah like you said, we sometimes forget the importance of leisure time/ creativity/ relaxation in life... I realized it while I was making this... Glad you liked it! Cheers!
Dats pretty cool stuff you made.. well done
Thanks a lot! :)
Really enjoyed the whole process of making it!
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