{"id":16830,"date":"2025-02-26T00:07:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeventscambodia.com\/?p=16830"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:10:21","slug":"travel-angkor-wat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeventscambodia.com\/travel-angkor-wat\/","title":{"rendered":"Angkor Wat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Angkor Wat<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<b>Angkor Wat<\/b>\u00a0is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia. Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m<sup>2<\/sup>; 402 acres) within the ancient\u00a0Khmer\u00a0capital city of\u00a0Angkor, it was originally constructed in 1150 CE as a\u00a0Hindu temple\u00a0dedicated to the deity\u00a0Vishnu. It was later gradually transformed into a\u00a0Buddhist temple\u00a0towards the end of the century.<\/p>\n<p>Angkor Wat was built at the behest of the Khmer king\u00a0Suryavarman II\u00a0in the early 12th century in\u00a0Ya\u015bodharapura\u00a0(present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the\u00a0temple-mountain\u00a0and the later\u00a0galleried temple. It is designed to represent\u00a0Mount Meru, home of the\u00a0devas\u00a0in\u00a0Hindu mythology\u00a0and is surrounded by a\u00a0moat\u00a0more than 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi). Enclosed within an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2\u00a0mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a\u00a0quincunx\u00a0of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west with scholars divided as to the significance of this.<\/p>\n<p>The temple complex fell into disuse before being restored in the 20th century with various international agencies involved in the project. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive\u00a0bas-reliefs\u00a0and\u00a0devatas\u00a0adorning its walls. The Angkor area was designated as a\u00a0UNESCO\u00a0World Heritage Site\u00a0in 1992. Considered by some experts to be the\u00a0largest religious structure in the world, it is regarded as one of the best examples of Khmer architecture and a symbol of Cambodia, depicted as a part of the\u00a0Cambodian national flag. 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Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres) within the ancient\u00a0Khmer\u00a0capital city of\u00a0Angkor, it was originally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,210],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-16830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-news","category-cambodia","tag-angkor-wat-is-a-hindu-buddhist-temple-complex-in-cambodia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>angkor wat siem reap % % Special Events Cambodia Angkor Wat cambodia cambodia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"visit Angkor Wat\u00a0and Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia Special Events Cambodia Angkor Wat cambodia - Siem reap travel cambodia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeventscambodia.com\/travel-angkor-wat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"angkor wat siem reap % % Special Events Cambodia Angkor Wat cambodia cambodia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"visit Angkor Wat\u00a0and Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia Special Events Cambodia Angkor Wat cambodia - 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