Bucket list - Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

     The Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia is known for its astounding and other-worldly atmospheric aesthetics. This is due to the photogenic ambient nature of trees growing out of the ruins combined with the surrounding jungle scenery. Two of the most distinctive features of the temple are the endless roots and trees intertwining within the stone, and the preserved carvings of people and animals within the stone walls. It was built around 1186 in the late 12th to early 13th century Bayon style architecture, as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university.

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     Ta Prohm is the modern name for the temple, which was once called Rajavihara and is located in northwestern part of Cambodia. In 1992, UNESCO named the temple as a World Heritage Site, and today it’s one of the most visited sites in Cambodia’s Angkor region. Unlike most Angkorian temple ruins, the Ta Prohm Temple has been left nearly in the same condition as it was built originally. The temple may seem familiar as it was used one of the locations for the film Tomb Raider.
(Photo via http://www.culturefocus.com/cambodia/pages/ta-prohm-11.htm)