It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and is the country's main tourist attraction. It is one of the most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists in Cambodia and around the world, having played a major role in converting Cambodia into a Buddhist nation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls.Īs the best-preserved temple at the site, Angkor Wat is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west scholars are divided as to the significance of this. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat more than 5 kilometres (3 mi) long and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. Īngkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation.
Breaking from the Shaiva tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yaśodharapura ( Khmer: យសោធរបុរៈ, present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century as such it is also described as a "Hindu-Buddhist" temple. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text.Īngkor Wat ( / ˌ æ ŋ k ɔːr ˈ w ɒ t/ Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m 2 402 acres). Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Khmer script.
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