The Bayon
The sheer density of the towers makes The Bayon almost claustrophobic.
Former Conservator of Angkor Maurice Glaize says "the Bayon is not so much an architectural work as the translation to reality of the spiritual beliefs of a grand mystic - the Buddhist king Jayavarman VII - with the four faces of each tower looking to the four cardinal points signifying the omnipresence of the bodhisattva Lokesvara, the kingdom’s principal divinity." He recommends the moonlight view.
The Bayon
The sheer density of the towers makes The Bayon almost claustrophobic.
Former Conservator of Angkor Maurice Glaize says "the Bayon is not so much an architectural work as the translation to reality of the spiritual beliefs of a grand mystic - the Buddhist king Jayavarman VII - with the four faces of each tower looking to the four cardinal points signifying the omnipresence of the bodhisattva Lokesvara, the kingdom’s principal divinity." He recommends the moonlight view.