Quiz answers
Okay, so my 'where is this' quiz didn't generate the flood of answers I was hoping for....however it maybe be something I do from time to time, just to see if anyone out there is awake! Congrats to Droonstar for guessing Phnom Oudong as the correct location. 
These gorgeously carved feet belong to Buddha, well actually, a statue of him. They can be found, alongwith the broken remains of his sandstone and laterite body at a shrine called Neak Pean, which is on a small hillock shared with a Muslim mosque called Vihear Cham Ta San. As you climb towards the top of the largest ridge on Oudong mountain, its the small rise on the left-hand side. Alongside the broken remains of Buddha and some headless worshippers is a large stupa containing the ashes of Preah Bat Chan Reachea. The term Preah Bat refers to the way you address a King, ie. you look at his feet!
This painting at Neak Pean represents the Cambodian Royal Family, as you may've guessed. Beginning on the top row, left to right, are: King Norodom, Ang Duong and Sisowath. On the bottom row, left to right, are: Queen Sisowath Kosamak, Sisowath Monivong, Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Suramarit. This painting is part of a shrine dedicated, as much of Oudong is of course, to the royal family.
This male monkey was in charge of a large troop of monkeys to be found on the 509 steps leading to the new Preah Sanchak Mony Chedi built to house Buddha's relics, on Oudong mountain. He was a particularly bold monkey who chased away a large dog who got too close to his harem. I kept my distance.
These gorgeously carved feet belong to Buddha, well actually, a statue of him. They can be found, alongwith the broken remains of his sandstone and laterite body at a shrine called Neak Pean, which is on a small hillock shared with a Muslim mosque called Vihear Cham Ta San. As you climb towards the top of the largest ridge on Oudong mountain, its the small rise on the left-hand side. Alongside the broken remains of Buddha and some headless worshippers is a large stupa containing the ashes of Preah Bat Chan Reachea. The term Preah Bat refers to the way you address a King, ie. you look at his feet!
This painting at Neak Pean represents the Cambodian Royal Family, as you may've guessed. Beginning on the top row, left to right, are: King Norodom, Ang Duong and Sisowath. On the bottom row, left to right, are: Queen Sisowath Kosamak, Sisowath Monivong, Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Suramarit. This painting is part of a shrine dedicated, as much of Oudong is of course, to the royal family.
This male monkey was in charge of a large troop of monkeys to be found on the 509 steps leading to the new Preah Sanchak Mony Chedi built to house Buddha's relics, on Oudong mountain. He was a particularly bold monkey who chased away a large dog who got too close to his harem. I kept my distance.
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