Heritage Sites of Cambodia

Angkor Wat Temple

Angkor Wat Temple
Angkor Wat Temple

Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia. Being the biggest religious landmark on the planet, with the site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 sections of land). It was initially built as a Hindu sanctuary of god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, slowly changing into a Buddhist sanctuary towards the finish of the twelfth century. It was worked by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the mid twelfth century in Yaśodharapura , the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state sanctuary and inevitable sepulcher. Breaking from the Shaiva convention of past lords, Angkor Wat was rather committed to Vishnu. As the best-saved sanctuary at the site, it is the just a single to have remained a noteworthy religious focus since its establishment. The sanctuary is at the highest point of the high established style of Khmer design. It has turned into an image of Cambodia, showing up on its national banner, and it is the nation's prime fascination for guests.

Angkor Wat consolidates two essential arrangements of Khmer sanctuary engineering: the sanctuary mountain and the later galleried sanctuary. Not at all like most Angkorian sanctuaries, Angkor Wat is situated toward the west; researchers are isolated with regards to the essentialness of this. The sanctuary is appreciated for the magnificence and concordance of the design, its broad bas-reliefs, and for the various devatas enhancing its dividers.

The advanced name, Angkor Wat, signifies "Sanctuary City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, signifying "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular type of the word nokor, which originates from the Sanskrit word nagara. Wat is the Khmer word for "sanctuary grounds", additionally gotten from Sanskrit vāṭa, signifying "fenced in area".

The first name of the sanctuary was Vrah Viṣṇuloka (Sanskrit) or Brah Bisnulōk (Local variation) which implies the hallowed staying of Vishnu.



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