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Bayon is located inside Angkor Thom. The temple has 49 towers and each tower has four faces. It is one the Buddhist and Hindu temples. The temple was built in 1186, five years after King Jayavarman VII won a victory over Champa, which was located in the center of Vietnam. King Jayavarman is known for building 102 hospitals for his people.
The Bayon was the last state temple to be built at Angkor, and the only Angkorian state temple to be built primarily as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine dedicated to the Buddha, though a great number of minor and local deities were also encompassed as representatives of the various districts and cities of the realm. It was the centerpiece of Jayavarman VII's massive program of monumental construction and public works, which was also responsible for the walls and nÄga-bridges of Angkor Thom and the temples of Preah Khan, Ta Prohm and Banteay Kdei. The similarity of the 216 gigantic faces on the temple's towers to other statues of the king has led many scholars to the conclusion that the faces are representations of Jayavarman VII himself. Others have said that the faces belong to the bodhisattva of compassion called Avalokitesvara or Lokesvara. The two hypotheses need not be regarded as mutually exclusive.
The best time to visite Bayon is lunch time about 12:30.
Where you can take photo with smiling faces.
