ANGKOR WAT Angkor Wat Area Temples - CAMBODIA. |
The third gallery encloses the five shrines which are built on a raised terrace and are interconnected by galleries. |
A Hindu temple, dedicated to the god Vishnu, whose construction was begun at the beginning of the XII th. Century |
during the administration of king Suryavarman II. Its construction lasted 37 years. His name means in Khmer " the city pagoda ". |
The main tower of the central temple represents the mountain " Meru " (or Kailash), the center of the universe for the Hindus. |
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