Temple Angkor Wat Pictures

Angkor wat was built early in 1100s by suryavarman ii over an estimated 30 year period.

Temple angkor wat pictures. The temples of angkor wat were declared a unesco world heritage site in 1992 under the name angkor archaeological park. Image is public domain courtesy of wikipedia holger behr visiting the angkor wat temples. The angkor wat temple is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. Originally constructed as a hindu temple dedicated to the god vishnu for the khmer empire it was gradually transformed into a buddhist temple.

It was probably built as a temple and a funerary monument to suryavarman ii who ruled between 1112 52 to honour vishnu the hindu god who the king identified with. More than 300 angkor wat pictures and images for free download. Angkor wat has become a major tourist destination in the recent decades. The most famous are the temple of angkor wat and at angkor thom the bayon temple with its countless sculptural decorations.

Angkor wat ˌ æ ŋ k ɔːr ˈ w ɒ t. Lets face it when people say cambodia you are probably already thinking of angelina jolie and angkor wat right. Our free to use images are all in high resolution and easy to download. Most tours of the angkor wat start with a visit to the ticket office where all foreign visitors are required to buy tickets.

24 awesome photos of angkor wat except number 11. Some photos of angkor wat the largest most breathtaking and best preserved monument of angkor. It honors vishnu and the ruins are a symbolic structure of hindu cosmology.

I am going to let the pictures do the talking. Today the park brings in the majority of cambodia s tourism popularized no doubt with the help of famous actress angelina jolie s hit movie tomb raider part of which was filmed on site at angkor wat. Licensing lightbox about contact. All of our pictures can be used for commercial purposes without the need for attribution.

The next stop is usually sunrise watching at the main temple unless you opt out of doing this.