Tracing its origin and source of inspirations in Cambodian culture, the game is associated or strongly inspired from a Hindu myth of “the churning of the ocean of milk” of both physical and religious aspects (see further discussion below). Both inscriptional and iconographic evidence shows that the myth of churning gained tremendous popularity and favors in ancient Cambodian society; and it was even more popular than in India, the country of origin itself. Teanh Prot or Tug of War was listed in the World Heritage Statue on 2nd December 2015.