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Caption: BANTEAY CHHMAR | Cambodia |
Caption: BANTEAY CHHMAR The Banteay Chhmar temple is one of Cambodia's national treasures.
Dating from the Angkorian period, it is a precious and irreplaceable link to the cultural heritage of Khmer people.
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Caption: For 800 years, the temple has remained mostly undiscovered and untouched.
The forces of Nature resulting in overgrowth and collapse.
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Caption: Celestial body: a representation of Lokeshvara, Lord of the World, the compassionate boddhisattva.
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Caption: Banteay Chhmar was built between the late 12th and early 13th centuries, during the reign of Jayavarman VII, the mastermind behind the last of the Khmer Empire's great cities, Angkor Thom.
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Caption: Upon completion, it comprised an extensive temple complex, a huge natural reservoir (baray) and a surrounding population of close to 100,000.
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Caption: These pictures were made for the 2015 issue of Discover Cambodia Magazine.
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