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 |
Bayon |
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