| Title | Ta Prohm, giant tree roots growing on the north wing of east gallery, second enclosure |  |
| Description | This temple-monastery was built in 1186 and posthumously dedicated to Jayavarman VII’s mother, Jayarajachudamani, and his guru, Jayamangalartha. According to its foundation stele, there were 12,640 people in residence, and the temple was served by 79,365 people from surrounding villages. The Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient decided to leave the temple in its ‘natural state’ as an example of how Angkor looked when it was discovered in the 19th century, and since then it has been maintained in this condition of deliberate neglect. Visitors are drawn to the temple ruins because of the dramatic effect created by the entanglement of tree roots and forest vegetation with the architectural structure of the monument. | |
| Description | Location : Siem Reap. | |
| Description | Source : Rooney, Dawn. Angkor: An Introduction. Hong Kong: Odyssey Guides, 2005. | |
| Description | This item digitized and made available online with funds provided by United States Department of Education, TICFIA (Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information) Grant P337A05006. | |
| Publisher | Northern Illinois University Libraries - Southeast Asia Digital Library (http://sea.lib.niu.edu) | |
| Publisher | Then and Now: Historical Photographs of Cambodia, Northern Illinois University. | |
| Contributor | Northern Illinois University. | |
| Date | 2007-06-18 | |
| Type | Photograph | |
| Identifier | SEAImages:SRTP04 | |
| Source | Then and Now: Historical Photographs of Cambodia | |
| Coverage | Cambodia | |
| Rights | Northern Illinois University | |
