CAMBODIA:Bayon

"The faces with slightly curving lips, eyes placed in shadow by the lowered lids utter not a word and yet force you to guess much." Writer P Jennerat de Beerski in the 1920s.

The Bayon is located in the center of the city of Angkor Thom and is It is easily my favourite place in Angkor.

The Bayon was built nearly 100 years after Angkor Wat.
The basic structure and earliest part of the temple ate not known.

Since it was located at the centre of a royal city it seems possible that the Bayon would have originally been a temple-mountain conforming to the symbolism of a microcosm of Mount Meru (Any connection to Meru in Selangor ?)

Bayon vies with Angkor Wat the favorite monument of visitors . the two evoke similar aesthetic responses yet are different in purpose, design and architecture.

Over 2000..yup! 2000!!!!.... large faces carved on the 54 tower give this temple its majestic character.


The pix:
"Bayon; I stand before it; stunned at it's beauty and splendour."

"The gateway to Bayon."

"Can u spot the 3 elephant trunks ?"

"The protectors of the gateway to Bayon."

"The protectors up close and personal."













" A shrine among the ruins."

"My trusty guide who speaks with an American accent."



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