Pigment Fine Art Print

Edition of 10

Print Size: 28 X 20 inch

The 11th century carvings by the hermits in this stretch of the river are a galaxy of gods the trinity of Bhrama Vishnu and Mahesh.  Stone carvings in the river bed of yonis and lingas, as tributes to the Hindu God, Shiva.  In the image carving of Vishnu with Lakshmi reclining on the serpent Ananta and Brahma seated on a lotus petal.  Kbal Spean is described as "a spectacularly carved riverbed, set deep in the jungle to the northeast of Angkor".  It is also frequently referred to as the Valley of a 1000 Lingas or the River of a Thousand Lingas. The river bed cuts through sandstone formations, and the many architectural sculptures of Hindu mythology have been carved within the sandstone.