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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Angkor' has mentioned 'Angkor Wat' in the following places:
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For the temple, see Angkor Wat. | WIKI |
Angkorxe1x9exa2xe1x9ex84xe1x9fx92xe1x9ex82xe1x9ex9aMap of AngkorAlternativexc2xa0nameYasodharapuraRegionSoutheast AsiaCoordinates13xc2xb024xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3N 103xc2xb052xe2x80xb20xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf13.41250xc2xb0N 103.86667xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 13.41250; 103.86667Coordinates: 13xc2xb024xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3N 103xc2xb052xe2x80xb20xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf13.41250xc2xb0N 103.86667xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 13.41250; 103.86667HistoryBuilderYasovarman IFounded802 ADAbandoned1431 ADPeriodsMiddle agesSite notesConditionrestored and ruinedManagementAPSARA AuthorityPublicxc2xa0accessTicket required for foreignersArchitectureArchitectural stylesBakheng, Pre Rup, Banteay Srei, Khleang, Baphuon, Angkor Wat, Bayon and post Bayon | WIKI |
The city houses the magnificent Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions. | WIKI |
The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the Angkor Wat, said to be the world's largest single religious monument. | WIKI |
Visitors approach two million annually, and the entire expanse, including Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom is collectively protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | WIKI |
Contents 1 Historical overview 1.1 Seat of the Khmer Empire 1.2 Construction of Angkor Wat 1.3 Jayavarman VII 1.4 Zhou Daguan 1.5 End of the Angkorian period 1.5.1 War with the Ayutthaya Kingdom 1.5.2 Erosion of the state religion 1.5.3 Neglect of public works 1.5.4 Natural disaster 1.6 Restoration, preservation, and threats 1.6.1 Water-table dropping 1.6.2 Looting 1.6.3 Unsustainable tourism 1.6.4 COVID-19 2 Religious history 2.1 Pre-Angkorian religion 2.2 Shiva and the lingam 2.3 Vaishnavism 2.4 Mahayana Buddhism 2.5 Hindu restoration 2.6 Religious pluralism 2.7 Theravada Buddhism 3 Archaeological sites 4 Terms and phrases 5 See also 6 Footnotes 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links | WIKI |
Angkor Wat at sunrise | WIKI |
Construction of Angkor Wat[edit] | WIKI |
Further information: Angkor Wat | WIKI |
The principal temple of the Angkorian region, Angkor Wat, was built between 1113 and 1150 by King Suryavarman II. | WIKI |
After consolidating his political position through military campaigns, diplomacy, and a firm domestic administration, Suryavarman launched into the construction of Angkor Wat as his personal temple mausoleum. | WIKI |
With walls nearly half a mile long on each side, Angkor Wat grandly portrays the Hindu cosmology, with the central towers representing Mount Meru, home of the gods; the outer walls, the mountains enclosing the world; and the moat, the oceans beyond. | WIKI |
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia | WIKI |
During Jayavarman's reign, Hindu temples were altered to display images of the Buddha, and Angkor Wat briefly became a Buddhist shrine. | WIKI |
Together with the inscriptions that have been found on Angkorian stelae, temples and other monuments, and with the bas-reliefs at the Bayon and Angkor Wat, Zhou's journal is the most important source of information about everyday life at Angkor. | WIKI |
[13]:139xe2x80x93140[23]:236xe2x80x93237 During the course of the 15th century, nearly all of Angkor was abandoned, except for Angkor Wat, which remained a Buddhist shrine. | WIKI |
A 16th century Portuguese friar, Antxc3xb3nio da Madalena, was the first European visitor to visit Angkor Wat in 1586. | WIKI |
By the 17th century, Angkor Wat was not completely abandoned. | WIKI |
World Monuments Fund has aided Preah Khan, the Churning of the Sea of Milk (a 49-meter-long bas-relief frieze in Angkor Wat), Ta Som, and Phnom Bakheng. | WIKI |
The relationship seems to have changed with the construction of Angkor Wat by King Suryavarman II as his personal mausoleum at the beginning of the 12th century. | WIKI |
The central religious image of Angkor Wat was an image of Vishnu, and an inscription identifies Suryavarman as "Paramavishnuloka," or "he who enters the heavenly world of Vishnu. | WIKI |
According to Angkor scholar Georges Coedxc3xa8s, "Angkor Wat is, if you like, a vaishnavite sanctuary, but the Vishnu venerated there was not the ancient Hindu deity nor even one of the deity's traditional incarnations, but the king Suryavarman II posthumously identified with Vishnu, consubstantial with him, residing in a mausoleum decorated with the graceful figures of apsaras just like Vishnu in his celestial palace. | WIKI |
The area of Angkor has many significant archaeological sites, including the following: Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Baksei Chamkrong, Banteay Kdei, Banteay Samrxc3xa9, Banteay Srei, Baphuon, the Bayon, Chau Say Tevoda, East Baray, East Mebon, Kbal Spean, the Khleangs, Krol Ko, Lolei, Neak Pean, Phimeanakas, Phnom Bakheng, Phnom Krom, Prasat Ak Yum, Prasat Kravan, Preah Khan, Preah Ko, Preah Palilay, Preah Pithu, Pre Rup, Spean Thma, Srah Srang, Ta Nei, Ta Prohm, Ta Som, Ta Keo, Terrace of the Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Thommanon, West Baray, West Mebon. | WIKI |
(Angkor Wat means "temple city".) | WIKI |
Temples such as Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm, exemplars of Khmer architecture, are closely linked to their geographical context as well as being imbued with symbolic significance. | UNESCO |
Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Banteay Srei). | UNESCO |