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The temples centre is the

Ta Prohm Temple Buddhist personification or


wisdom Prajnaparamita, the
features of his face is modelled
Ta Prohm is a Buddhist temple
after Jayavarman’s mother. She
built in the late 12th Century by
was for him considered wise
Buddhist ruler Jayaraman VII. It
like Prajnaparamita. As well as
contains a series of enclosures
this face, there is also a face
getting smaller and smaller with
hidden in a tree which is a great
the largest being 1000 x 650
mystery to fascinated tourists.
metres. It was built to hold 12 Overgrown tree outside Ta Prohm
640 people including 18 monks, taking over part of the temple
2,740 priests, 2232 maids and Nowadays the ancient temple
615 dancers. has lost the battle to nature
with massive tree roots flowing
through the giant stone temple.
Roots engulfed many parts of
the enclosures in the temple.
There has been some
rehabilitation of the site to
allow optimum safety for visits
as the structure was damaged.
Outside of Ta Prohm Temple
losing the battle to nature Face of Prajnaparamita at Ta
Prohm
Henri Mouhout, a young French To get to Ta Prohm you have to
naturalist and explorer who walk through the thick jungle to Other Similar Locations
died here in after discovering it get to the ruins. After you’re
in 1861. The temple itself is an there you can walk around the
ancient historic landmark. One ancient stone structures and
of the great advantages of explore the faces of ancient
visiting Ta Prohm is that while Buddhist gods. You can make
everybody else is exploring your own discoveries such as
Angkor Wat
more well-known temples like Buddhist statues in the trees.
Angkor Wat you can enjoy the You can witness the battle of
peace and tranquillity of nature nature and temple with your
and a beautiful historic temple own eyes

Bayon

Overgrown tree on the roof of


Ta Prohm Ta Prohm Diagram/floor plan

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