Bayon Temple

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The Bayon (Prasat Bayon) is a surely understood and lavishly enhanced Khmer sanctuary at Angkor in Cambodia. Inherent the late twelfth century or mid thirteenth century as the official state sanctuary of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon remains at the focal point of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Taking after Jayavarman's passing, it was adjusted and enlarged by later Hindu and Theravada Buddhist rulers as per their own particular religious inclinations.


The Bayon's most particular element is the huge number of peaceful and monstrous stone faces on the numerous towers which extend out from the upper patio and bunch around its focal top. The sanctuary is known likewise for two amazing arrangements of bas-reliefs, which display an uncommon blend of fanciful, recorded, and commonplace scenes. The present principle center body, the Japanese Government group for the Safeguarding of Angkor (the JSA) has depicted the sanctuary as "the most striking articulation of the florid style" of Khmer structural planning, as stood out from the established style of Angkor Wat.

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