#Angkor Thom

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The Gate of Angkor Thom in Krong Siem Reap, CAMBODIA

#gate #angkorthom #angkor thom #krong siem reap #cambodia #asia

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The Tonle Om Gate of Angkor Thom in Cambodia. On the left side of the pathway are the statues of devas (demigods) and on the right side are the statues of asuras (demons).

#angkor wat #cambodia #angkor thom

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Entrance to Phimeanakas, Angkor Thom, Cambodia

#angkor #cambodia #angkor thom #phimeanakas #film photography #original photography #photographers on tumblr #bruce sharp #southeast asia #khmer history #mekong.net #2005

[arjuna-vallabha]

View (somewhat idealized...) of the south steps of the Terrace of the Elephants at Angkor, by Louis Delaporte. Graphite, watercolour, heightened with white and gold paint on vellum paper.

#khmer #Angkor Thom #buddhist art #buddhism #cambodia

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Art postcard of Angkor Thom ruins, Cambodia, ca 1930s

#angkor thom #angkor wat #bayon #cambodia #art

[twelvewp]

Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat complex. Cambodia.

October, 1996

Ektachrome 100

#ektachrome100 #cambodia #film #angkor wat #angkor thom

[p0rkbun]

some asshole wrote on these sacred walls smh 😒

#sol irl #siem reap #angkor thom #bayon temple

[whatevergreen]

North Gate of Angkor Thom, Cambodia. 1950s postcard.

#angkor thom #cambodia #vintage #overgrown #ruins

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Angkor Thom

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[probablyjustphotos]

Cambodia and Vietnam

#cambodia #angkor thom #Vietnam #halongbay

[southeastasiadiary]

Day Fifteen, Part One: Angkor

Today and tomorrow are going to be the most intense days of the trip in terms of the number of activities that are planned and the physical exertion they'll require. In fact, I get exhausted just thinking of everything that I did today.

We headed straight from the hotel this morning to Angkor, the name of the ancient settlement of the Khmer people, a lace that was sometimes Hindu, sometimes Buddhist, and sometimes both at once. The first stop was Angkor Thom (“Big Angkor”), the large, walled citadel that was founded by King Jayavarman VII in the twelfth century and that remained the capital until the seventeenth century.

Inside Angkor Thom is the Bayon temple, whic originally had fifty-four towers, one for each province of the Khmer kingdom. Each of the four sides of the towers bore a large smiling face of the Buddha.

The four sides are supposed to represent the four Buddhist virtues of Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy.

Even today, there are those who come to the temple to meditate.

Even earlier than the Bayon Temple is the Phimeanakas Temple, the site of a strange legend. At the top of the temple, there was said to be a place where the Khmer king met a creature who was a beautiful woman by night, a Naga snake during the day. The king was required to visit her every night. If either of them missed a night, it was said to be an omen that disaster would follow.

The Ta Prohn Temple is sometimes referred to as the Tomb Raider temple, because scenes from the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring Angelina Jolie, were filled there. Spong trees (sic, not "sponge" trees) have now taken over the site and woven themselves into the fabric of the building.

Angkor Thom also features the Terrace of the Elephants, from which the king could view the return of his victorious army,

and the Terrace of the Leper King, so called because the discoloration of the statue there (caused by the growth of moss and lichen) reminded those who later saw it of someone afflicted with leprosy.

Some of the reliefs inside the city depict battles between the Khmer and the Cham.

One relief even depicts a crocodile eating those who had fallen overboard.

#Angkor Thom #Bayon Temple #Phimeanakas Temple #Ta Prohn Temple #The Tomb Raider Temple

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the Art of Axel Lyhrs

Axel Lyhrs

#Axel Lyhrs #xxxAlexxx #angkor #angkor wat #bayon #Monk #cambodia #angkor thom

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Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) temple in Angkor Thom. It is best known to westerners for its appearance in the films the films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) & Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).

It was built in the late 12th century by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and center of learning. Almost 80,000 people were required to live in or visit the temple, including over 2,700 officials and 615 dancers.

There is a mysterious unexplained image on an interior wall of a dinosaur which appears to be a stegosaurus. The temple’s main image represents the female deity Prajñāpāramitā Devi, and was modelled on the king's mother. Outside the temple, I saw stunningly dressed South Indian women posing with the goddess figure.

The temple has become overgrown with spung trees and foliage which add to the beauty and wonder of the surroundings, and turn it into an otherworldly scene of nature and ancient architecture mingled together.

#Cambodia #Angkor Wat #Angkor Thom #this place was so incredible and the rest of the temples which I’ve been too busy to post but wow I was shook

[hungrytravellers]

Into Cambodia: Siem Reap & Angkor Wat

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#Angelina Jolie Temple #Angkor Thom #Angkor Wat #Cambodia #independent travel #Khmer Rouge #Killing Fields #Miss Saigon #Pub Street #Siam Reap #Vietnam

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia, photo by Alessandro Vannucci

#angkor wat #Angkor Thom #khmer #cambodia #Hindu Temple #hindu architecture #hinduism outside india

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Angkor Thom ruins, Cambodia. 1900's card posted to Vientiane, Laos

#ruins #angkor thom #angkor #old postcards #bayon