![]() ![]() Work seems to have ended shortly after the king's death, leaving some of the bas-relief decoration unfinished. As neither the foundation stela nor any contemporary inscriptions referring to the temple have been found, its original name is unknown, but it may have been known as "Varah Vishnu- lok" after the presiding deity. It was built as the king's state temple and capital city. Breaking from the Shaiva tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu. All of the original religious motifs at Angkor Wat derived from Hinduism. 1120) was responsible for urging Suryavarman II to construct the temple. ![]() A brahmin by the name of Divākarapaṇḍita (1040– c. The construction of Angkor Wat took place over 28 years from 1122 to 1150 CE during the reign of King Suryavarman II (ruled 1113– c. In an area of Cambodia where there is an essential group of ancient structures, it is the southernmost of Angkor's main sites. King Suryavarman II, the builder of Angkor WatĪngkor Wat lies 5.5 kilometres ( 3 + 1⁄ 2 mi) north of the modern town of Siem Reap, and a short distance south and slightly east of the previous capital, which was centred at Baphuon. The original name of the temple was Vrah Viṣṇuloka or Parama Viṣṇuloka meaning "the sacred dwelling of Vishnu". Wat ( វត្ត vôtt) is the word for "temple grounds", also derived from Sanskrit/Pali vāṭa ( Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning "enclosure". Angkor ( អង្គរ ângkôr) meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor ( នគរ nôkôr), which comes from the Sanskrit/ Pali word nagara ( Devanāgarī: नगर). The modern name Angkor Wat, alternatively Nokor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls. ![]() 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. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. Īngkor Wat was built at the behest of 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 by King Suryavarman II during the 12th century, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the century as such, it is also described as a "Hindu-Buddhist" temple. The Guinness World Records considers it as the largest religious structure in the world. 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, located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m 2 402 acres).
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