Traveling to Cambodia would be a unique experience, especially if you’re traveling for the first time. At nights, you would have the opportunity to watch Apsara Dance that’s also called as Classical Dance in Cambodia. After having a buffet-styled delicious meal, you could sit outside under the white umbrellas and surrounded by big palm trees. This situation is enough for you to really experience the divinity and a sacred feeling of something mystical happening any moment. The Apsara Dance then begins.
King Sihanouk releases traditional harem of majestic apsaras also called as heavenly nymphs. The Palace taught classic ballet and trained many much before the era of Pol Pot, the traditions of which did stretch to a long time, and the apsara art even now resounds to glorify the divinity [...]
Nestled on the City Road, the Wesley’s Chapel in London is one of the famous places of interest. Built around the period of declaration of independence from Britain by America, this chapel has much significance today for the ‘Methodists’ across the globe as it is entitled as the ‘Cathedral of World Methodism’. It is named so after John Wesley (1703-1791) who was the founder of ‘Methodism’. Also an Anglican minister as well as an evangelist, his ‘Methodism’ focused on living a prayerful life, doing charity, and studying the Bible.
Today, the complex of Wesley’s Chapel also boasts John’s house, the Foundry Chapel, his tomb, and the world-class Museum of Methodism. When this chapel was built, Wesley described it to be ‘tidy, but not fine’ despite the fact that [...]
The area of Quintana Roo in the Yucatan peninsula is today proud to be the home of the holy Tulum ruins accessible from the Cancun beach resort after driving for 80 km. These Mayan ruins belong to the city of Tulum that was at its peak in 1200 AD. Tulum means ‘Walled Town’ and its ruins are full of sacred structures against an amazing backdrop making it the third most explored city by the tourists after Chichen Itza and Teotihuacan in Mexico. These structures date back to the period between 1200 AD and Spanish victory in spite of being inhabited since 300 BC. The Tulum ruins are superbly perched over a cliff that hangs above the Caribbean’s blue waters making it’s the site of most beautiful background not to be seen for any other Mayan civilization. The biggest mystery that is yet to [...]
Nestled in the hamlet of Little Rollright, the Rollright Stones refer to an array of old Neolithic megaliths split into three sites of monuments built somewhere between 4000 and 1500 B.C. These are King’s Men representing a stone circle, Whispering Knights as a set of four upright stones, and the King’s Stone indicating a single standing stone. Among these, the most ancient one is of the Whispering Knights that is from the period of 4000 BC.
The stone circle is still a mystery as its exact purpose is not known, while the other two are considered to be the burial sites. As per the local legend, the Rollright Stones are the solidified relics of a king along with his disciples. Evidentially, each stone group belongs to a separate time period indicating about the prevailing sacred significance [...]
Nestled close to the sacred Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, Tiwanaku is the pre-Incan city in ruins, which ruled the Andean area during 500 to 900 AD. Spelled as Tiahuanaco, the ancient city site now holds the monumental relics of very powerful culture that effectively influenced the Incan religious beliefs. Incas, who arrived later here, regarded Tiwanaku as the place created by their main deity named Viracoca who emerged from the holy lake nearby.
The monuments here include many temples, symbolic gates, a pyramid, strange carvings of faces appearing like aliens, and monoliths. Just like the other old megalithic ruins on the planet, Tiwanaku also boasts some amazing architectural patterns in its monumental temples. Among all, probably the most brilliant structure is the pyramid of Akapana [...]
Literally meaning the ‘site where gods took birth’, Teotihuacan is an old holy site of Aztecs accessible from the city of Mexico at 30 miles. Millions of tourists come here to explore the remarkable Teotihuacan pyramids along with few most vital ruins on the planet. This site is named so because the Aztecs believed that the universe including the sun and moon was made here by the gods after the end of the last world.
Today, this site is still a mystery as nothing much is known. Said to be built in 300 AD, this sacred city today features the colossal monuments aligned carefully on symbolic as well as geometric basics. The most admired ones are the Teotihuacan pyramids of Sun and Moon as well as Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Overall, you can only see the stone remains of these pyramids, sacrificial [...]
Nestled in County Meath in Ireland, Newgrange refers to an old tribal chamber of burial accessible from Dublin in the Boyne River Valley. It is a grand circular tomb of intricate rock carvings, which is now 5000 years old, even older than the Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Egypt. However, until today, nobody is sure about its purpose, its builder, its astronomical use, stunning round layout, and the meaning of the spirals carved on the huge stones invoking many theories of Newgrange. Some say it is a burial chamber, while some it to be the site of rituals (revering the sun) as well as ceremonies. However, a majority of folks as well as experts believe that Newgrange was built somewhere in 3200 BC (Neolithic age) for burying the tribal kings and for performing the rituals. As per the legend, [...]
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