The stone Ta Prohm temple was about to be crushed by a banyan tree

Ta Prohm in Angkor
Shot at Ta Prohm, one of the temples in Angkor, Cambodia
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The stone structure in this photo is Ta Prohm, one of the Angkor ruins. There are Hindu and Buddhist temples in Angkor, but Ta Prohm was originally built as a Buddhist temple and then converted to a Hindu temple.

The building is on the verge of being crushed by the banyan tree. Other ruins have been steadily restored in recent years, but this one is supposed to be preserved as it is. One of the ways to preserve the structures that are being destroyed by the overwhelming force of nature is to leave them as they are.

When I entered the grounds of the temple, I felt the impermanence of the world when I saw the temple which was about to be crushed by the banyan tree. I felt that it was appropriate for a Buddhist temple to be swallowed up by nature sooner or later, as it is a temple whose shape and essence are in constant flux and change.

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Aug 2005 ARCHITECTURE CAMBODIA

PHOTO DATA

No

148

Shooting Date

Aug 2000

Posted On

August 17, 2005

Modified On

December 12, 2023

Place

Angkor, Cambodia

Genre

Architectural Photography

Camera

CANON EOS KISS

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