Ta Prohm, Angkor
Ta Prohm, Angkor is a jungle-clad temple famous for massive tree roots entwined through its ancient stone ruins, drawing visitors keen on atmospheric, photogenic exploration.
Ta Prohm, Angkor
Ta Prohm was built at the end of the twelfth century by Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist monastery and university, and a surviving inscription records the scale of it: many thousands of people attached to the temple, and a treasury that included a set of gold dishes and a great quantity of pearls.
It is famous for what was done to it afterwards, which is nothing. When Angkor was cleared in the twentieth century, Ta Prohm was deliberately left much as it was found, so the silk-cotton and strangler fig roots that grew down through the galleries are still there, gripping the stone, holding some walls up and pulling others apart. Selective work now keeps it stable without tidying it.
The result is the temple that best conveys how all of Angkor looked to the first European visitors. It lies east of Angkor Thom and is usually visited between the Bayon and Angkor Wat.
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