Northern Library — Attraction in Siem Reap

ANgkor Wat Constructed 1080-1175 as a funerary temple for Suryavarman II (1113 - c.1150). In honour of Vishnu, it has an westward orientation, west being the direction of death. Angkor Wat is with its three-quarters of a square mile the world's largest religious monument and a completely realized microcosm of the Hindu universe. The complex replicates the spatial universe in miniature, the central tower being Mount Meru and the architectural design a metaphorically travelling back in time to the first age of the creation of the universe.

The complex contains three pairs of library buildings. On either side of the outer enclosure's western causeway are two large library buildings with four doorways at the cardinal points. The northern library building was being restored 2000 by the Japanese government team for safeguarding Angkor (J.S.A.) who has been the most generous donor and already spent a total of $21 mio. Japan is currently overseeing the largest concentration of monuments within the walled city of...

From October until March we are waiting at the north side Pool or Library because we could see the ☀️ sunrise closer and behind the Angkor wat Tower, 92 days the sun at the right building so we are the left ◀️ . Anyway avoid crowded people 🤪 some time just waiting for sun outside of the moat no need to entering at temples as pictures below...

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