A temple of Cambodia in the heart of the Great Lakes

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Mebon West Temple is an ancient Khmer temple located on a hill in the center of the West Baray in Siem Reap.

The temple was built during the mid-11th century AD, according to the document. In the reign of Samdech Tithavarman II (1049 - 1066) dedicated to his ancestors in the century 11. The temple is unique, while the unique structure of the temple is composed of one storey Made of sandstone, it encircles a large pond dug on the cliff, and the eastern wall is designed as a gallery. There are large windows in isolation and three gopers: one in the center and the other Two more on either end of the gallery.

In the center of the pond is a sandstone-like structure of about three meters in diameter. By excavation in 1939, a statue was found in a posture, but Vishnu. Located in the western temple of the city of Megal, according to the commentator of Gav Taekwas Bj The Chinese Empire, which arrived in the city of Angkor during the year 1295, confirmed that the western temple of Methu was built According to the meaning of the birth god Brahma, because through this story, before the emergence of the new world, Vishnu himself fell asleep. Meditation on snakes: Floating on the sea for a long time.

Then a lotus came out of his navel, and over the shower came forth the image of God In 1938, the temple complex was built A large statue of Vishnu was found in the body (from Use a chest hair).

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