• Apsara in a Khmer Temple, Cambodia

    A beautiful celestial dancer, this apsara (ទេពអប្សរ) is in Preah Khan Temple, Cambodia.

  • Vietnamese Woman Before the Outside Shrine, Long Khanh, Vietnam

  • A Hawaiian Shrine in Waimea Valley

    “During the 12th century A.D., a great spiritual leader named Pa‘ao arrived in Hawai‘i He introduced the use of stone terraces and walls for heiau, or temples, and also installed a priesthood that endured for centuries. It is believed that the Hale O Lono Heiau near the entrance to Waimea Valley, along with the two …

  • Hoysala Apsara, a Celestial Dancing Goddess

      This Hoysala apsara (अप्सराः)(from South-Central/South-Western India) would have been carved about the same time as those famous apsaras in Angkor Wat, Cambodia.  These were the celestial dancers of Indra’s court, often sent out to seduce individual sages who were becoming too powerful because of their austerities.