Angkor Wat is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for king Surtavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.

The largest and best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre - first Hindu, then Buddhist - since its foundation. The temple is the epitome of the high classical style of Khmer architecture, and has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag and being the country’s prime attraction for visitors.

Below are more pictures that I’ve taken inside Angkor Wat.

Under the morning sun, the towers resemble bricks of gold.

At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. 

One of the many altars in Angkor Wat.

A tourist praying in front of a Buddha statue. Tourists are to make a donation after praying. 

The other side of the alley.

This is a view of the tourists attempting to climb the stairs up to the upper part of the temple. The very steep stairways represent the difficulty of ascending to the kingdom of gods. 

The panoramic view of the temple from the top of the stairs. 

This inner gallery, called the Bakan, is a 60 m square with axial galleries connecting each gopura with the central shrine, and subsidiary shrines located below the corner towers. The roofings of the galleries are decorated with the motif of the body of a snake ending in the heads of lions or garudas.

A monk sitting at the steps of the outer area of the temple. Interestingly, he was smoking.

A little out of point, but we spotted this horse grazing the grass freely when we were about to leave Angkor Wat for the next destination.

That is all I’ve got for Angkor Wat. You can view more pictures at my photobucket album here.

Group Photo!