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Towering Face Sculpture Ta Prohm in Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia - Encircle Photos

1 Towering Face Sculpture Ta Prohm in Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia

People casually familiar with the Angkor Archaeological Park might assume this large, four-faced sculpture is part of Bayon. Instead, this 13th century gopura is located along the fifth enclosure (outer wall) of Ta Prohm. The image represents Lokeshvara who is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism. Some historians believe the likeness is of Jayavarman VII’s father. Dharanindravarman II was the King of the Khmer Empire from 1150 to 1160.

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Towering Face Sculpture Ta Prohm in Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia

Ta Prohm, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia

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