Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is the largest and the most wonderful temple of Cambodia, which is the symbol of every Khmer people’s heart and also is the pride of the country. The construction took time more than hundreds of years with the architectural design since the early of 12th century in the reign of Great King Suryavarman II. Angkor Wat is unique, and perfection of composition balance, proportion, bas-relief’s and sculpture, makes is one of the finest monument in the world. Angkor Wat has three levels and five central towers with numerous of act sculptures. At the four sites of walls, there are the famous sculptures, which each one telling a different story, the scenes how the Angkor Empire was built, the Battle of Lanka, the Churning of the Ocean of Milk, the Vishnu conquering demons and the telling about the people revered, praised and glorified their God King. Particularly, there are thousands of Apsara dancer which called devatas—the figure of women refer to the divine nymphs or celestial dancing girls, and the perfect women realistically rendered in sandstone walls. Angkor Wat temple deems as single, finest aesthetic achievement in the history of mankind, the one of the largest, extant religious building in the world. The AngKorwat complex covers 400 squares kilometers. The temple is marvel in every season; it’s great for visiting at different times to see the great huge stone, and the spires golden in the disappearing light at dusk.