....of Ayyuthha.......khmer......& Champa.....

......Ayyuthha(Thailand,....Khmer(Cambodge  :  Cambodia....).....& Champa(Vietnam) ......of RamaKien  &  Ramakiehr(  Ramayana) imprints telltale marks  on  its  civilisation....thn  the FrenchIndochina.....an  everlasting  imprint of  villas nd  architecture....as the Nattakan  Bus rolled  frm Aranyaprathet border , Thailand, over to  the Cambodian  border  of  Poipet....onward  to  Siem  Reap.....thr  is  feeling  of  deja  vu  .....flatland  & lush green  paddy  fields.....of  "TulsiManch" at every  house  dotting  the  landscape of Cattles grazing  idly......is  this India....??...I  am  in  a  state  of  trance......first the salutations  of  Pranams in  Thailand.....Wat  Trimitr & Wat Pho & the banks of ChaoPraya  ....the  never  ending  Indic  tale.....The Golden  &  Reclining  Budhdha  ......my  own  Budhdha  of  Rajgriha  &  Bodh  Gaya.....all  in  magnanimous aura  in  far  east.....!!!!...my  heart  skips  many  a  beat  as  I  run  helter skelter frm  a  barrage  of  Indic  civilisation.....I felt proud of  our  heritage  &  legacy  adorning  the  walls  of  the  temples  &  its  spires.....its  Ramayan  &  Sidhdhartha  all  the  way.....bedazzled  nd  mesmerised  the  Thai  Exit.....entering  the  Realms  of  Cambodge  :  Angkor  Thom ....the  Citadel  city  of  the  Hindu/Budhdhist kingdom of the  Khmers........the  lush  green  paddy  fields   as  flat  as  the   Gangetic  plain.....the  Mekong  Rice  bowl........tht  the  Eastern  in  me ....tumbles, felled  ,  biting  the  dust in all familiarity....as  I  step  into  AngkorThom the  ageless city of  the  Khmers....replete with  Lord Vishnu's  Samundra  Manthan....as  the  footfall of  my  fmly.....I  so  long  desired....the  journey  frm  Complexes  to  another.....all  in a  trance......proud  to  hv  a team  of  a fmly who  supported.......I carried  Gandhi : his book  physically & Nehru on mind...trudging the  plains  ,  so  fortified....India  &  her far  east  reach  out.....!!!.....Mr  Shweth the  Tuk Tuk  driver an  embodiment  of  calmness  & mirth....in  gud  stead....guiding  us  , obliging  us....the  War Museum of  a  recent  gory  past  notwithstanding.....the  Happiness index definitely  soaring  in  this  part  of  the world.....!!!!.....with  regular  linkages  thruout onward  to  PnomPenh , Saigon  , Hanoi & Vientianne.....French  IndoChina all  very  evident....the Siem Reap  National Museum... a  life  time  experience so  very  treasured  now....tucked  in  one  corner  of  our  hearts......!!!!!!