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Tree Roots Ancient Ta Prohm Khmer Temple Angkor Wat Siem Reap Cambodia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ta Prohm temple. Ancient Khmer architecture under the giant roots of a tree at Angkor Wat complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia Royalty Free Stock Photo

A giant tree, big roots growing on top of a building, roof inside the Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tree roots on Ta Prohm temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tree roots at ta prohm temple angkor wat siem reap cambodia. no tourists - covid-19 Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tree roots on Ta Prohm temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm (Khmer: pronunciation: prasat taprohm) is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara (in Khmer. 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 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 CambodiaÃ¢â¬â¢s Angkor region. The conservation and restoration of Ta Prohm is a partnership project of the Archaeological Survey of India and the APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap)The trees growing out of the ruins are perhaps the most distinctive feature of Ta Prohm, and have prompted more writers to descriptive excess than any other feature of Angkor. Two species predominate, but sources disagree on their identification: the larger is either the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) or thitpok Tetrameles nudiflora and the smaller is either the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa)or gold apple (Diospyros decandra)On every side, in fantastic over-scale, the trunks of the silk-cotton trees soar skywards under a shadowy green canopy, their long spreading skirts trailing the ground and their endless roots coiling more like reptiles than plants