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    Meeting the past in Angkor Wat

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    Childrens of Cambodia, currently live very near the temples and many of them play and work around the Angkor ruins. Views[351] The Prasats or pyramidal towers simulate the mountain peaks, and the central prasat represent the Mount Meru. The track with successive increases through steep stairs, represents the ascent of the mount. Views[455] Jayavarman VII (king betwen 1181 to 1220 a. C.), left Hinduism and bacame to Buddhism. Between the XIV and XV centuries, the first budist monks arrived from Sri Lanka to transform the temples to the new religion. Views[498] Angkor Wat (Cambodia) is the largest Hindu temple complex and the largest religious monument in the world. Views[600]  

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