A Cambodian family living in Canada has donated some money to support the process of restoring a statue of the balustrade at the Angkor Thom’s Takav Gate with the APSARA National Authority (ANA) to preserve the heritage treasures, which are the valuable works of the Khmer ancestors, for the next generation, according to ANA.
Ms. Meng Sovanlylin, Architect in the technical team for the Renovation of the Takav Gate, expressed her gratitude to the Cambodian family for supporting the conservation process at the Takav Gate.
Currently, she said, the ANA’s restoration team continues to repair the statue of the 8th Teva statue with financial support from the Cambodian family in Canada. However, it is necessary to repair the ninth one at the same time because the structures of the eighth and ninth statues are related.
The Takav Gate restoration project has two phases. In the first phase, the team has restored and strengthened the gate structure, and the second phase is to restore the statues of the balustrade on either side of the causeway, ANA pointed out.
The Takav Gate’s causeway is hundreds-year old and threatened by the weather, war, lack of maintenance as well as the growth of large trees, causing many statues of the balustrade to collapse, said the authority, adding that due to the dilapidation, the Takav Gate is temporarily closed, firstly for the safety of travellers and secondly, because experts are carrying out the renovation process.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press