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Ta Som Temple Devata Goddesses Depict Sacred Khmer Women in Cambodia

Like most Khmer temples, Ta Som is filled with standing female images called devata (or tevoda, tevada), and flying or dancing female divinities called apsara (or apsarases, apsaras). Ta Som temple devata goddesses depict Sacred Khmer women in Cambodia

Yoginis dance upon corpses in a Tantric ritual at a Khmer temple in Pimai, Thailand.

Tantric Yogini Offers Clues to Khmer Mystery

An ancient Khmer image of a Tantric yogini –beautiful, wildly fierce sacred women– is a clue to Tantric rituals in Cambodian and Thailand.

Book Review of Khmer Women on the Move by Annuska Derks

Personal, engaging accounts of Cambodian women in transition. “Khmer Women on the Move” is a readable, interesting, personal account of Cambodian women seizing the opportunity to decide their futures, and the future of their country.