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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akilar25" data-source="post: 7880756" data-attributes="member: 167921">Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and BayonLast but definitely not least is the largest temple  in  history and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of   Hollywood: Ankor Wat. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat" target="_blank">Angkor   Wat</a> [wiki] was built in the early 12th century in what is now   Cambodia. The world famous temple was first a Hindu one, dedicated to   Vishnu. In the 14th or 15th century, as Buddhism swept across Asia, it   became a Buddhist temple. The Western world’s  got a glimpse of Angkor Wat when a  16th century Portuguese monk visited  the temple and eloquently described  it as "of such extraordinary  construction that it is not possible  to describe it with a pen,  particularly since it is like no other  building in the world. It has  towers and decoration and all the  refinements which the human genius  can conceive of." His words  still rang true today. Tourists visiting Angkor Wat usually also visit the  nearby  ruins of Angkor Thom and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayon" target="_blank">Bayon</a> [wiki], two  fantastic temples that serve as  the ancient capital of Khmer empire. <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/ankor-wat-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Angkor Wat. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/34228782@N00/71791440/" target="_blank">jpslim</a>   [Flickr] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/angkor-thom.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The face of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara at  Angkor Thom. Image: Manfred Werner [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AngkorThom-SouthGate2.jpg" target="_blank">wikipedia</a>] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/bayon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Bayon, which described by Maurice Glaize, an Angkor  conservator of the  1940s, as "but a muddle of stones, a sort of moving  chaos assaulting  the sky" Image: Charles J. Sharp [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bayon-temple.JPG" target="_blank">wikipedia</a>] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/bayon-entrance.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Entrance to Bayon. That man on the bike is  carrying coconuts. Lots and  lots of coconuts. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/therefromhere/38195181/" target="_blank">therefromhere</a>   [Flickr] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/bayon-faces.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The faces of Bayon. Straight out of Indiana  Jones, man! Image: Henry Flower [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bayonfacesl.jpg" target="_blank">wikipedia</a>]Bonus: Here are some more amazing temples and sacred places that just   couldn’t fit in the list above: Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potala_Palace" target="_blank">Potala  Palace</a> [wiki], built on top of the Red  Mountain in Lhasa, Tibet,  China was built by the first emperor of Tibet  in 637 CE. The current  palace was re-constructed in the mid-1600s by  the fifth Dalai Lama. The Palace consists of two  main buildings, the Potrang  Karpo (White Palace) and Portrang Marpo  (Red Palace). It was the chief  home of the fourteenth and current Dalai  Lama until he was forced to  flee to India when China invaded Tibet in  1959. It is now a state  museum. <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/potala-palace.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Potala Palace. Image: <a href="http://www.presscluboftibet.org/china-tibet-29/potala-palace.htm" target="_blank">Press  Club of Tibet</a> <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/white-palace-potala.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The White Palace. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/vwsluk/200647264/" target="_blank">vwsluk</a>  [Flickr] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokhang" target="_blank">Jokhan   Temple</a> [wiki] is the spiritual center of Lhasa and is considered the   most important and sacred temple in Tibet. The temple was built in 642   CE and has since housed the single most venerated object in Tibetan   Buddhism: a statue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_buddha" target="_blank">Gautama  Buddha</a>  [wiki], the founder of Buddhism. The  city of Lhasa has three concentric paths that  pilgrims use to walk to  Jokhang Temple. Many actually prostrate  themselves along these routes  in order to gain spiritual merit! <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/jokhang-temple.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Jokhang Temple. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/theboywiththethorninhisside/19084240/" target="_blank">The  boy with the thorn in his side</a> [Flickr] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/jokhang-temple-courtyard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The courtyard of the Jokhang Temple.  Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/junjhen/145649692/" target="_blank">polymerchicken</a>   [Flickr] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/jokhang-roof.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Two golden deers flanking a Dharma Wheel  and a golden bell at the roof  of Jokhang Temple. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/66959900@N00/10652152/" target="_blank">satellite360</a>   [Flickr] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/prostration-in-front-of-jokhang.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Pilgrims prostrate themselves in front of  Jokhang. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/thriol/1092731723/" target="_blank">thriol</a>   [Flickr]VaranasiVaranasi in India is not a temple, but ais ctually a   famous Hindu holy city, located at the banks of the Ganges River. It  is,  however, often called the "City of Temples," where almost every  road  crossing has a nearby temple. A center of pilgrimage (as many as a   million pilgrims visit Varanasi each year), the city has links to   Buddhism and Jainism as well. <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/ganges-river.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Sunrise at the Ganges River in Varanasi.  Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ironmanixs/174495234/" target="_blank">ironmanix</a>   [Flickr] <img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/varanasi-temples.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Temples are everywhere in Varanasi. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wink/185682267/" target="_blank">juicyrai</a>  [Flickr]<img src="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-09/pigrims-bathing-ganges-river.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Pilgrims believe that bathing in the  Ganges River will cleanse them of  sins. Image: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jacksonlee/59712004/" target="_blank">Jackson Lee</a>  [Flick</blockquote>

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