Angkor Wat - World's Largest Hindu Temple

Facts about the Great Angkor Wat

• Angkor Wat was built by Khmer king Suryavarman II in the 12th Century
• Angkor Wat is about 1 square kilometer in size. This is not counting the square river canal that surrounds it on all sides.Within the outer wall is an enclosure 820,000 square meters in size. This is equivalent to more than 200 acres of land
• Angkor Wat was constructed and completed in just 40 years. Engineers point that it will take 300 years to complete such a huge and beautiful monument today
• Angkor Wat is dedicated to the God Vishnu. The first religion of the temple was Hindu and it is now Buddhism.
• The tower overlooks the chief shrine (Raja Gopuram) is at a height of 65 meters
• Angkor Wat is famous for its extensive display of Hindu sculptures. The inside of the outer gallery’s walls, for example, have impressive bas-reliefs depicting scenes from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, the two great epics of Hindu literature. In the southern gallery, one will see portrayals of the 37 levels of heaven and 32 planes of hell in the Hindu religion. On the eastern gallery is the famous milk-churning scene where gods (devas) and demons (asuras) turn the cosmic sea of milk as directed by Vishnu, one of the three chief gods of Hindu mythology. The northern gallery shows Krishna in battle and also a war between gods and demons. Krishna is the lord of the Bhagavad Gita, which is part of the Mahabharata.

After reading the facts, i hope you all must be excited to see the pictures.. Here it comes Enjoy!!!

Majestic Angkor Wat at Sunrise

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Intricate works on the walls of Angkor Wat

Monks at Angkor Wat

Sculpture portraying the Epic battle in Mahabaratha between Ravana men and Hanuman Men in the walls of Angkor wat 

One of the 5 Towers in Angkor Wat

Visitors climbing to visit the third and the top level of the temple

Traditional Cambodian boat by the river Bayon - Angkor Complex

A Cambodian native women on the way to work,  Angkor wat complex in the backdrop  

Angkor Wat

View from the back of the temple

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