Kambodscha: CITY OF THE GODS - Teil 5 von 6

ANGKOR Wat's narrative reliefs clearly refer to popular events from the Epics - The Ramayana and The Mahabharata and the Puranas, visually narrated in a way which is generally faithful to the original Sanskrit texts in terms of the plot - even down to the last detail. Ramayana The story of Rama is the most widely diffused tale in South and Southeast Asia. In Cambodia of the Angkorean period, it seems that the Ramayana in use pertained to Valmiki's tradition.