The video examines a yoni base at a Bakong Temple sub-shrine. It describes the base as 5 ft tall and 7 ft 4 in long, with a 6-ft-deep inner chamber. The video argues that the missing lingam stood 18 ft tall, reconstructed from three 6-ft sections: Shiva-bhaga, Vishnu-bhaga and Brahma-bhaga. According to the video, the lingam was completely removed; the base is the surviving evidence.
Video argues an 18-foot lingam once stood at Bakong Temple
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📍 Bakong Temple
Key facts
- The video describes a surviving yoni base at a Bakong Temple sub-shrine as 5 ft tall and 7 ft 4 in long, or 8 ft 6 in with the spout.
- It says the base's inner chamber is 6 ft deep.
- The video argues that the missing lingam would have stood 18 ft tall, reconstructed as three 6-ft sections: Shiva-bhaga, Vishnu-bhaga and Brahma-bhaga.
- The claim that it would rank among Cambodia's largest lingams is part of the video's interpretation.
- The video says the lingam was completely removed, leaving the yoni base as the surviving evidence.
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