Small Building with Two Doors, Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor Wat, Cambodia
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In January of 2010 Lori and flew to Saigon, Vietnam for a three week trip.
After a wonderful time in Vietnam, we flew to Siem Reap in northwest Cambodia.
Siem Reap is an interesting town, but the reason we were there was the magnificent ancient
Angkor Wat temple complex. The largest religious monument in the world.
This image was taken in the Ta Prohm temple.
Ta Prohm was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th century.
Originally it was called Rajavihara (Royal Monastery).
It was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and center of learning dedicated to his mother. Nearly 80,000 people were required to maintain the temple.
Today some refer to it as the "Tomb Raider Temple or "Angelina Jolie Temple"
because of its depiction in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001.
The temple was built without mortar and over the centuries tree roots
have grown over the structures and loosened the stones.
For this image I set up my tripod inside a small structure with a door on both sides.
Looking through the door on the left you can see a carving on the wall of an Apsara dancer.
These dancers were celestial nymphs from Hindu mythology, symbolizing creation and beauty.
At its heights hundreds of dancers were supported by the temple.
Looking through the door on the right is a great example of the Spung tree roots
that have grown over this temple for centuries.
After a wonderful time in Vietnam, we flew to Siem Reap in northwest Cambodia.
Siem Reap is an interesting town, but the reason we were there was the magnificent ancient
Angkor Wat temple complex. The largest religious monument in the world.
This image was taken in the Ta Prohm temple.
Ta Prohm was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th century.
Originally it was called Rajavihara (Royal Monastery).
It was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and center of learning dedicated to his mother. Nearly 80,000 people were required to maintain the temple.
Today some refer to it as the "Tomb Raider Temple or "Angelina Jolie Temple"
because of its depiction in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001.
The temple was built without mortar and over the centuries tree roots
have grown over the structures and loosened the stones.
For this image I set up my tripod inside a small structure with a door on both sides.
Looking through the door on the left you can see a carving on the wall of an Apsara dancer.
These dancers were celestial nymphs from Hindu mythology, symbolizing creation and beauty.
At its heights hundreds of dancers were supported by the temple.
Looking through the door on the right is a great example of the Spung tree roots
that have grown over this temple for centuries.
Below is a detail from the image.
