Some people riding on prowess of natural gifted power of oration love to display serious malignancy of their knowledge and wisdom, all for sake of cheap popularity they acquire over gullible masses who are now becoming sore point of our modernity and civilisation taking nation to destructive path on pseudo nationalism forgetting that world beyond India always existed and to surprise always quite prosperously!! Even today.
Ankor Wat was built by local blood Khmer kings particularly Suryavarman II in 12th century when Chola kingdon was already in decline in India. Cholas did raid parts of southern Indonesia but never succeeded. Khmer was never part of any Indian king. Their kingdoms only had loose relation with Indians as they had with Chinese and even Arabs. Mahayana and Therwada Budhism had brought lots of similarities of Hinduism to those lands. Khmer King Suryavarman II adopted Vishnu as his chief God and in Ankor wat shows himself as Vishnu.
Just because Suryavarman name sounds south Indian doesn’t make him any Madrasi. Khmer kingdom was one of the largest in its time that world had. Indian kings of those times were way smaller to them in many ways like in territory they controlled and and in riches.
Yes, because world those days was very collaborative and inclusive unlike now what we are turning into, Ankor Wat had lots of influence from Tamil architectures. May be some architects and workers were brought from India. Trade between Indian east coast and far east was flourishing those days.
Possible that Ankor Wat might have been just a beautifully built religious monument and may not be a worshiping place, a display of local spiritual culture and Khmer king’s faith and his power.
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