Angkor Wat. This is the reason why we are in Siem Reap. There may be so many great temples in Angkor, but this is THE temple. That's why this temple is on Cambodia's flag.
Angkor Wat was also another Hindu-converted-to-Buddhist temple, at first dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, then Buddhist. This is a Temple Mountain, where the towers represent Mount Meru that holy Hindu/Buddhist mountain where the gods live, and the moat represent the ocean.
There is this special Apsara in Angkor Wat that is different from the rest... you can see them very obviously leh! I'm talking about her teeth! Her teeth!
The bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat are really something! The whole temple is surrounded by these bas-reliefs showing battle of some Hindu gods, King Suryavarman II (he is the one who built Angkor Wat) and his army, their version of 18-levels of hell, and that famous story - Churning of the Ocean of Milk. The craving are so detailed and 3D, they even have background and foreground wor! Power sia!
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