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Thailand: Offerings in front of a shrine doorway at Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand

Thailand: Offerings in front of a shrine doorway at Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand

Phanom Rung is a Khmer temple complex set on the rim of an extinct volcano at 1,320 feet above sea level, in Buriram province in the Isaan region of Thailand. It was built in sandstone and laterite in the 10th to 13th centuries. It was a Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva, and symbolises Mount Kailash, his heavenly dwelling.

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