Vientiane: In a remarkable step towards the deepening of India-Laos ties, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has begun the restoration work of the fifth-century 'Wat Phou' Hindu Temple to ...
Wat Phou (Vat Phou) in southern Laos – officially known as the Lao People’s Democratic Republic – some 45km southwest of Pakse, is a significant archaeological site that is recognised by Unesco as a ...
In 2022, it’s hard to imagine that the Theravada Buddhist-majority republic of Laos, which has traditionally been a part of the Sinosphere, was once home to a civilisation and temple complex that was ...
With stone ruins near a natural spring, the sprawling Vat Phou temple complex is a less visited archaeological wonder in Southeast Asia. Older than Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Vat Phou temple complex ...