Ta Prohm, aka The Jungle Temple

Ta Prohm was built from 1186 and originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King.)  It was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of Jayavarman VII.  It is one of the few temples in the Angkor region where an inscription provides information about the temple's dependents and inhabitants  According to an inscription 80,000 people were required to maintain or attend at the temple, among them more than 2700 officials and 615 dancers.

Our guide, Solin Aing, telling us some of the history of the temple.  She was a terrific guide.

Parts of the film Laura Croft - Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie was filmed here.  This is where she parked her jeep before entering the inner parts of Ta Prohm.

One of our books stated, "There is a poetic cycle to this venerable ruin, with humanity first conquering nature to rapidly create, and nature once again conquering humanity to slowly destroy."