Experience Cambodian Culture with these Images of Young Monks in Ancient Temples

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Cambodia is known for ancient temples, Buddhist monks and a fantastic tropical landscape. In my last trip to Cambodia, I was fortunate to experience all these three elements together.

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A beautiful evening at Bayon Temple, while a young monk enters | (C) Riddhi Debh

The monks, especially the young ones, try and keep their distance from the crowd of tourists. But I was there for a long time, almost until the temple was about to get closed for the day. A bunch of the monks came out, and were nice enough to interact with me.

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A couple of monks spend time in the temple premises | (C) Riddhi Debh

They were like other teenagers, enjoying the evening, while clicking one another and chatting.

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The sky was on fire, as the monks enjoyed the time | (C) Riddhi Debh

A majority of them come from the villages, while their education, food and boarding are taken care of by the organisation, managing their life.

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A moment of prayers with the monks in Cambodia | (C) Riddhi Debh

As I spent some time with them, with another local photographer, they finally told us to take a picture of theirs together. We were happy to oblige.

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Capturing an evening out of the young monks at Siem Reap | (C) Riddhi Debh

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