Apsara

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Type of artwork	Sculpture
Village	-
Province/City	Angkor
State	Siem Reap
Country	Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.412222 Long : 103.866389

History of production	Angkor Wat was constructed by Suryavarman II in 1113 A.D. after the victory against his uncle, Jayavarman VI and Dharanindravarman I. Not only dedicated to Vishnu, this temple was presumably dedicated to the king posthumous status as Vishnu himself. This temple therefore faces west as the direction of the dead.
Art	Apsara is characterized by the square face decorated with diadem and the big earrings. The headgear is beautified by the triple flowers. The left hand holds flower bouquet. The strip of triangular cloth hangs from the right hand while another triangular strip of cloth emerges from the left and reaches the feet-level. The belt is characterized as the wide band decorated by the row of tassels. These are the typical characters of Apsara dress during Angkor Wat period.
Age	12th century
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Apsara, the celestial damsels originated from the churning of Milky Ocean which is directly relate to the victorious deed of Vishnu. Before Angkor Wat, both male and female Dvarapala decorate the temple. However, Angkor Wat is the temple that occupied only the female Apsara, presumably for glorify the victorious deed of Vishnu.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali