Angkor Wat Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat, although by far the most famous of the Cambodian Khmer temples, is only one of many huge temple complexes covering a vast area which comprised the center of the Khmer Empire during its golden age from 802 to 1432 A.D.

The Cambodian flag features Angkor Wat	Painting of Angkor Wat sunrise	Siem Reap	Lion at the western causeway to Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat was constructed in the 1100's to honor the Hindu god Vishnu	Angkor Wat on a Cambodian 500 Riel note	Statue of Vishnu Inside the main gate to Angkor Wat	Bas relief carving on the main gate to Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat and one of the two libraries	Angkor Wat through the library door	Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat
Western face of Angkor Wat	NW corner of Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat	Inside the NW corner of Angkor Wat
View from the NW corner inward	Angkor Wat	Bas relief carvings, Angkor Wat	A Monk at Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat	Buddhist monk at Angkor Wat, Cambodia	Buddhist monk at Angkor Wat
The steps to the upper levels of the temple are very steep	There are many fine carvings	Monk at Angkor Wat, Cambodia	Monk at Angkor Wat
One of the corner towers	Monks	Tourists climbing the steep stairs	No statistics as to how many people fall down the steps here
Corner tower seen from the upper level	Tower detail	Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat
Reclining buddha	Inside one of the upper level chambres	Temple detail	View NW from the upper level towards the hill temple of Phnom Bakheng
Monks	Angkor Wat	An esplanade with detailed bas relief carvings runs around the base of Angkor Wat (East face)	The total length of the esplanade carvings is 800 m (East face)
Deva holding the tail of a serpent (East face)	Angkor Wat Esplanade (South face)	The Army of Suryavarman II (South face)	Suryavarman II, one of the most powerful khmer king and Angkor Wat is his masterpiece (South face-thanks Xavier)
Elephant in battle (West face)	Battle of Kurukshertra (West face)	from the Hindu epic Mahabarata (West face)	Detail from the Army of Monkeys in the Battle of Lanka (North face)
Angkor Wat esplanade (North face)	Brahma whose mount is the goose. (North face-thanks again Xavier)	Vishnu riding a garuda (North face)	Avalokiteshvara (North face)
Late afternoon at Angkor Wat	Monk passing through a corridor at Angkor Wat	Lion at Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat
Cambodian toddler out for an stroll	Angkor Wat	Cambodian kids at Angkor Wat	Kids at Angkor Wat
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Angkor Wat	For a different view you can go up in a balloon	Balloon at Angkor Wat	Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat	Monk near Angkor Wat	Causeway to Angkor Wat	Main entrance and moat, Angkor Wat
Traditional music along the path up to Phnom Bakheng	Angkor Wat in the distance from Phnom Bakheng	Tourists waiting for sunset at Phnom Bakheng	Monk at Phnom Bakheng
The view of Ankor Wat this day was hazy	Sunset from Phnom Bakheng	Sunset from Phnom Bakheng	Cambodian wedding party at Angkor Wat for photos
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Xavier		03-May-2004 19:34
Hello ! Nice trip !!! Two things about Angkor wat : 1. What you describe as : Heaven, is actually Suryavarman II, one of the most powerful khmer king and Angkor Wat is his masterpiece. 2. What you describe as : Vishnu (North Face). That is not Vishnu, his mount being Garuda. It must be Brahma whose mount is the goose. Beautiful pictures ! Take good care, Xavier.

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