BEAUTIFUL BAYON TEMPLE IN SIEM REAP PROVINCE,KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA -B
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BEAUTIFUL BAYON TEMPLE IN SIEM REAP PROVINCE,KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

 BEAUTIFUL BAYON TEMPLE IN SIEM REAP PROVINCE,KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA 🇰🇭

At Angkor Thom ,Bayon ,the central temple ,is the largest with several smaller temple around it.

It’s tower have four faces looking East ,North ,and south,suggesting that Buddha,Buddhissattava or the king himself is looking out and overseeing all four corners of the world. The colossal images of Lokeshvara in four different directions at the entrance of Bayon are designed to demonstrate compassion and power of the Buddhisattiva and the king.

 As King  Cambodian (Khmer) Jayavarman VII (1881-1221AD)was a Buddhist,he broke with Khmer traditions of Hinduism and adopted as his deity a Buddhist Bodhisattva.Hinduism was the state religion when king Jayavarman VII ascended the throne although Buddhism had prospered until then throughout Indo-China.

#UNESCO

#UnescoCambodia

#KhmerEmpire

@photo: Ken Bo

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