Just 9 Km from Siem Reap town take you only 20 minutes to reach there,( by Car or Tuk Tuk ).
Bayon temple lies in the central of ancient city of Angkor Thom,
( Angkor thom is the biggest capital city in Angkor area,
It was surrounded by a square rampart (Jayagiri) 8 meter high and 12 km in length and further protected by a 120 m-wide moat ),
Built in the late 12th and early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII,
Bayon temple size 160m length and 140m wide, 3 levels (3 gallery) and 49 meter high,
this temple there are 49 towers, addition 5 gates of Angkor Thom total are 54 towers
and Each tower there are 4 faces , Some scholars think that the faces represents the Bodhisattva Lokeshvara,
Others think that Represent to the King Jayavarman VII .
The roof of low level are Collapsed and surrounded by wall with the wonderful bas-relief outer wall
show about historical event and every day life, like-
battle scene on the Tonle sap lake between Khmer and Cham forces, cocking, fishing, hunting and birth scene,ext..
The second level wall and roof are still good condition, before placed a lot of Buddha`s statuses,
but right now there are only a few of them.
On the top level there are crowd of faces, all kind of smile,
they say that represents to the Khmer`s smile,warm welcome to the tourist around the world.
Note: (Just in case you want ),In-front of the temple there is a elephant tour could bring you around the temple.around 15$/1 pax.
Cambodia Warm welcome to very body from the world
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| The most famous face in bayon temple |
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| Bas-relief a bout cock fighting |
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| Bas-relief about BBQ |
