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Devotion Of Jayavarman

The many giant faces throughout the Bayon Temple are thought to represent Lokesvara, the compassionate, Buddhist divinity with four faces. King Jayavarman VII, the builder of many temples may have used his own likeness for the hundreds of stone heads to be seen in the temples.

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Uploaded on January 19, 2012
Taken on November 22, 2011