Bayon Temple Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Bayon Temple

Bayon is the second most famous of the temples at Angkor, built during the reign of Jayavarman VII (1181-1201). The dozens of large towers carved with the four faces of Avalokiteshvara make for a very wonderful, although quite bizarre temple. It is the centerpiece of the extensive Royal City of Angkor Thom.

The Bayon Temple looks like a disorganized pile of rocks from a distance	Up close, carved faces cover the Bayon Temple	A giant tree left standing from when the jungle covered the temple	Bas-relief carvings circle the 1,200 m base of the Bayon
Khmer Soldiers going to battle	Bayon carvings	Naval battle scene from the southern face of the Bayon	The Khmers battling the Chams (south side)
A steep climb leads to the upper level of the Bayon	One of the huge smiling faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara	Face from the Bayon Temple on an old Cambodian 1000 Riel banknote	Avalokitesvara, the Lord Who Looks Down, personifies compassion (Encarta)
Bayon Temple depicted on an old 100 Cambodian Riel banknote	Bodhisattvas are usually conceived as personifications of particular virtues of the Buddha. (Encarta)	Bodhisattva is a Sanskrit term meaning “one who is destined for, or whose essence is, enlightenment.” (Encarta)	Buddhist nuns at the Bayon
Buddhist nun	Buddhist nun	For a nominal donation, the nuns will light 3 sticks for your good fortune	Bayon temple, Angkor Thom
Bas-relief of an elephant	Bayon	Bayon	Bayon
Bayon	Buddhist monk at the Bayon	Many people go to the Bayon for sunrise, but when I was there it was too cloudy at dawn	East side of the Bayon Temple
One of the large towers	The central tower of the Bayon	Each tower has 4 large faces	Morning at the Bayon Temple
Bayon	Bayon	Bayon	More of the 1,200 m bas-relief carvings
Bayon	A Buddha at the Bayon temple	Lion at the Bayon temple	Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom
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