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Ta Prohm Temple

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Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara Located approximately one kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII:125:388 as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm is in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors. UNESCO inscribed Ta Prohm on the World Heritage List in 1992. Today, it is one of the most visited complexes in Cambodia’s Angkor region. The conservation and restoration of Ta Prohm is a partnership project of the Archaeological Survey of India and the APSARA (Wikipedia)

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Traveler Notes

The hauntingly beautiful Ta Prohm is one of King Jayavarman VII’s major temples and one of the largest in temples in the Angkor complex. The temple-monastery has intentionally been left in it’s "natural state" as an example of how Angkor looked upon its discovery in the 19th-century.

Best Time To Visit. Early in the morning when everybody else is at Angkor Wat. The temple is also specially serene and atmospheric at this time of day.

Hidden Gem. Although it is popularly known as the "Tomb Raider Temple" because Angelina Jolie, Ta Prohm’s other claim to fame is a bas-relief of what seems to be very convincing rendition of a stegosaur on a vertical strip of roundels on one of it’s gopuras. Just yell "Dinosaur!" and someone will point you to its location.

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Ta Prohm is like something out of a science fiction film(minus hundreds of tourists). Seeing how nature is taking back the land it once owned is a humbling experience.

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