The Bayon at Angkor Wat
by Rob Hemphill
Title
The Bayon at Angkor Wat
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
We were just leaving the Bayon Temple at Angkor Wat as the visitor numbers were decreasing at the end of the day. It was a wonderful sight to see the Bayon with just a single Buddhist monk in front of it. I did not have to remove any extraneous visitors!
The Bayon (Khmer: Prasat Bayon) is a richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by later Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences.
The Bayon's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and smiling stone faces on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak. The temple has two sets of bas-reliefs, which present a combination of mythological, historical, and mundane scenes. The main conservatory body, the Japanese Government Team for the Safeguarding of Angkor (the JSA) has described the temple as "the most striking expression of the baroque style" of Khmer architecture, as contrasted with the classical style of Angkor Wat. (Wikipedia)
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January 24th, 2020
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