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Templos de Bakong
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March 5, 2020
Bakong is the most interesting and largest temple in Roluos. Built by King Indravarman I in the 9th century AD, the temple served as a grand house of worship and was dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva. After King Indravarman’s I reign, his successors continued to expand the temple further. Travellers today may explore a magnificent temple ruin consisting of small sanctuaries, five-tier central pyramids of sandstone, flanked by eight towers and a surrounding moat. The material used for this temple mountain differs from other temples. While it was common to use bricks, Bakong was the first temple built by rulers of the Khmer empire that was made of a combination of brick and sandstone. Besides the material, Bakong is also famous for its architecture. Designed as a ‘temple mountain,’ the temple was intended to represent Mount Meru, the sacred mountain in Hindu mythology. Due to its striking similarity with the temple Borobudur in Java, historians assume that there must have been exchanges of knowledge and ideas between the Khmer kingdom and Java. Today, Bakong attracts many travellers. Many sandstone carvings and statues are well preserved and can be explored. There is also an active Buddhist monastery which as has recently been restored.
Bakong is the most interesting and largest temple in Roluos. Built by King Indravarman I in the 9th century AD, the temple served as a grand house of worship and was dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva. After King Indravarman’s I reign, his successors continued to expand the temple further. Traveller…
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Prasat Bakong, Siem Reap Province