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21/08/2024

Visiting the Angkor temples in the rainy season is so underrated 💚🌧️

📌Ta Prohm & South Gate of Angkor Thom

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09/08/2024

This is why you should visit the Angkor World Heritage Site in Siem Reap, Cambodia 🇰🇭

Everywhere is filled with lush green jungles 🍃💚

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Good Morning from Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia
07/07/2024

Good Morning from Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Door Guard Preah Ko Temple
26/06/2024

Door Guard Preah Ko Temple

Banteaykdey Temple
26/06/2024

Banteaykdey Temple

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25/06/2024

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Temple : BakongBuilt : 881Reign : King Indravarman I (877-889)Dedicated to : Lord ShivaBakong temple remains a special c...
24/06/2024

Temple : Bakong
Built : 881
Reign : King Indravarman I (877-889)
Dedicated to : Lord Shiva

Bakong temple remains a special case in the history of Khmer architecture since it stands outs as the first five-tiered temple often referred by researchers as Temple Mountain". King Indravarman I consecrated it in 881, two years after the consecration of the Preah Ko temple. the time, the tradition wanted the King to erect a monument dedicated to the memory of the ancestors before building structures in his own glory. You are currently standing inside the 900m x 700m enclosure of Bakong temple that has 22 brick monuments, the majority of which are covered by vegetation or hidden behind residential structures. At the front section there is 400m x 300m moat bordered by laterite d***s. The entrance causeway of the temple is flanked by two stand-alone Naga sculptures where the long tails bear the marks of Garuda claws. It was the first time in Khmer architecture where Naga figures were sculpted as stand-alone masterpieces spanning along both sides of the causeway.

The central tower of the highest level built more recently dates from the 12th century. Unfortunately, the architectural style of the original tower has not yet been discovered.

Temple : Baksei ChamkrongBuilt : Early 10th centuryReign : King Hasavarman I (910-923)Dedicated to : Lord ShivaBuilt dur...
21/06/2024

Temple : Baksei Chamkrong
Built : Early 10th century
Reign : King Hasavarman I (910-923)
Dedicated to : Lord Shiva

Built during the first decades of the tenth century at the foot of Phnom Bakheng, Baksei Chamkrong is the only pyramid temple in this area that survives from that era. Like many other Angkorean monuments in the park, Baksei Chamkrong was constructed atop a previous structure. Today, this often-overlooked architectural jewel is more easily approached and admired, as a high brick wall that once encircled it has long since vanished.

In 948 CE, 40 years after the temple was built, King Rajendravarman had a Sanskrit text engraved on its doorjamb. Of the estimated 1,500 inscriptions in Southeast Asia known to survive, this one is unique in that it relates the succession of Khmer kings from pre-Angkorean times. grounding the dynasty on a mythic foundation. The lineage is said to descend from the union of the hermit Kamba, said to be "born from himself," and the celestial nymph Mera.

The north gate is one of the five main gates of Angkor Thom.
19/06/2024

The north gate is one of the five main gates of Angkor Thom.

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