jeudi 19 juin 2014

The Hundred faces of the Bayon, Angkor. CAMBODIA






The Bayon, centrepiece of Jayavarman VII's massive program of monumental construction and public works, was the last state temple to be built at Angkor, It's mostly dedicated to the Buddha, though a great number of minor and local deities were also represented.
The similarity of the 216 gigantic faces on the temple's towers to other statues of the king has led many scholars to the conclusion that the faces are representations of Jayavarman VII himself. Others have said that the faces belong to the bodhisattva of compassion called Avalokitesvara or Lokesvara. The two hypotheses need not be regarded as mutually exclusive.
Potos from April 2012.



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