I was in Angkor in April for 4 days. The architecture is really impressive, the mixture of very clear forms and artistic sculptures is intriguing. The fact that this site was suddenly abandoned makes it very mysterious.

Angkor Wat > Christ Redeemer statue

beauty and exotic feel.......... cannot define in words the feelings i get

I'm cambodia,🙏 Welcome to visit in my country . Wait for you guys. I love you💚❤💚

Thank you NatGeo for the amazing document about our temple. Hoping the world come to see our beautiful temples at least once in their life time.

Cambo Space i love your video so much, please post two video a week.

It is Hindu temple... It was originally constructed as Hindu temple dedicated to lord VISHNU. Then it transformed in to Buddhist temPLE. IT WAS BUILT BY KING SURYAVARMAN 2. HE IS A TAMIL KING. HE IS FROM TAMILNADU......

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Cambo Space and Science Edu Kim Wilde has a song of Cambodia 🇰🇭

Kingdom lol ok

It's a kingdom??? Really..

@@rajab4187 no it's an Asian country.

@@rajab4187 that's right. Cambodia is a kingdom

Now I am buying the tickets, gotta go! 🎟️🗿🤫

Sadly Angkor Wat was ran sacked over and over from many thieves.

Thanks

Greetings from Cambodia as well

@@sakdavith6969 what is old ( real ) name of Cambodia Like my rastra is bharat

@@shantanupandey5174the name of my country changed alot from Kouk Tlok to Phnom to Chenla to Khmer empire....to Kambuchea(the English ver is Cambodia).

Veeranarayana Narayana Don’t just say thing, it’s a Buddhist temple.

Player u That’s right but it have been switched to Buddhist already.

KikY Grozz 🇰🇭❤️️🇵🇱

Thanks Indonesia 😘😘😘

Cambodia and indonesia is one

Borobudur temple is the biggest temple for Buddhism and Anokor wat is the biggest temple for Hindunism~♥~

The temple is a very beautiful sight 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

Raghu lyer... Any relation lyer is Liar ?? Hindu people are jealous of what khmer Empire King had built Such Achievement.

@hihi hihi hus deli Rinkiya k Papa Hindu people are desperate for Attention and full of jealousy and that's So Sad....

@UCpneL9_t5bRmm9G1uJkwPTQ So what about the Mahai ( the queen tome) I think I spelled Mahai wrong. It's very impressive with Gold and so beautiful 😍..... Only India people can claim this and no one else.

@@Honestandtruth007 Haha Why are you offended if they take pride in their heritage? 😂😂

@@TW-ew9lw it's very good to take prize what belong to them but don't claim what is not.... That's called Manipulating and lies okay

It's really beautiful. Trust me, I go there every year.

Praveen huyilagola that was the Buddha

@@HBC423 This is Hindu temple built to the god Vishnu....any how we are same n we worship Buddha as one of the forms of God Vishnu...

Praveen huyilagola which from of Vishnu

@@HBC423 In the Hindu belief they said that Buddha is the 9th avatar of Vishnu.......but that just their belief so it might not be true

Nope, not a hindu temple no more my dude. Its buddhist now

@@arvinlim9062 so what 🤔 now Buddhist people live g Here that's why change name Hindu to Buddhist but fact is all way fact Angkor wat was a Hindu temple 🤗

This is a Hindu temple

It's the biggest Shiva Temple in the world accoding to Historian Shri P R Sarkar- It was called the Lokeshvara Temple in the ancient days when Kamboja was ruled by Indian Kings. When I visited Seam Reap over 15 years ago I was surprised to find Ganesh puja still practised throughout the this land..in hotels, households and even in Buddhist temples, there were statues of Ganesha .

@@arvinlim9062 Buddhist might be using it... but... you can see Hanuman and other HIndu Gods there... Tamil Kings ruled Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia or south-eastern Asia...

ខ្ញុំក៏អីចឹងដែរបង

ជួយ share ទាំងអស់គ្នាដើម្បីអោយប្រាសាទអង្គរវត្តមានភាពល្បីសុះសាយពាសពេញពិភពលោក។Help share all of this for Angkor Wat is famous all over the world.

Not trying to insult you, but the letters all look the same for me...

@@oskarsommer5916 what letters?You mean Khmer letters?

The ones who look like snakes Kinda..

haha, I also know!!

Yes it was made for the hindues but now it’s a Buddhist temple so can you people stop saying it’s a Hindu temple

@@noticeme2004 how dare u to distroying hindu temple 😡😡

@Adita Saha [X-C] why not ?? Their country that doesn't mean to distroy... kid grow up 🙏

@Adita Saha [X-C] u have nothing to do with it SINKER🙏

I hope Hindu is still alive in Cambodia. U also have a Indian name😱

welcome to our land bro :))

Sonali Kushwaha I went in 2008/2009. Was amazing. You will LOVE IT!

@@peter-radiantpipes2800 I am from north India. Lives in a small town called Allahabad. If I able to visit Angkor it will 1st time in abroad for me.

Angkor Wat comes from the Sanskirt word Nagara Vata which means "city" or "capital city" and Enclosure.

Vi Mean same

Happy to have you here! Cambodia is a beautiful place.

Well it is. Not just beautiful but magical.

i am from tamil nadu தமிழன் 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@@NatGeo channel Angkor wat billed by Tamil kings

We will visit your city in Dec. 2018... :)

@@Yogaforallworld thx

I’m Cambodian

@@rithseyhak5965 some More details about temple

So?

@DiscordChaos so your reply doesn't make any sense.

@@esteeharmonia407 So it's hindu temple

@@funnyvideosvalla1140 So khmer kings built Angkor Wat which is a Hindu temple.

@@esteeharmonia407 who said

@BLUE DOG Aryan Dravidian is big goof up. New genetics sampling and research by renowned universities have more or less priven it wrong.

@BLUE DOG aryan = Indian ( Iranian called them parsa and Persian) , only Indian called them arya vartan ( land of aryan ) in 304 bc king ashoka conquered east Iran than local people called Indian people Iranian later it became local word cuz they finds same culture as we ( indian) and Persian than they started to call himself Iranian

suryavarman half malay by father blood and half khmer from his Mother

Mirul Mishima The temple was built by Rajendra Chola ( Surya Varman II) a Tamil king.... He ruled South India, Orissa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sumatra, Java, Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia. Proud be Tamilan 🐯🐅

BLUE DOG you got brain?

Pets YTC no it's not really talented as your making it out to be

Its my personel view may be they are may be they dont but i find them like it to be

Pets YTC these temples were made about 900 to 1000 years back by hindu kings . Even the Khamer language is influenced by Sanskrit .

this temple built created in tamil king 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

@@muthupechi3548 a indian built this temple?

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Mcred 23 The carving is on the stone and not painted that’s why it looks black.

@@melanatedhistorian5390 those status looks like southeast asian if you had never seen one you should look it up on the internet

Because West always downplay East.There is nothing bigger than European culture and architecture (no offens to Europeans its just the truth,there is always prejudice against East).its easier for west to get on any list its difficult for anything east to get on the list if it ain't that famous.

You're right the place itself a wonder.

It was before, for a couple years.

O i see.

@@otomackena7610 you could be right because even in world heritage sites most of them are from European countries

As Cambodian, greeting to you

Khmer and Java were very brothers by neighbors. Khmer architectures were influenced by Indian but broadcasted by Java and Cham to Khmer.

Khmer and Java were brothers by neighbors and had a good relationship. Khmer architectures were influenced by Indian but broadcasted by Java and Cham to Khmer.

Do Why these Hindu people claimed they built it...... Such a stupid claimed

@@Honestandtruth007 who Built this temple?😂😂

thx for sharing, same with Bhangar Fort in Our India. There are pretty amazing temples in India too very very myterious.

@@silentstromxx That's so cool! I learnt something new today! Thanks! I'll have to visit there some day X//)

伊藤忠優夜 You are wrong. They allow people to live there. But don't allow more village to be built in the archaeological site. Those people can sell theirs but only for the local villages. Why they do like this? Because they need to protect the site. Almost the whole site are the secret things that been not discovered for details. Those were the hidden temples cities etc. The site is very huge that we never been imagined. Long ago there were many villages in near angkor wat angkor thom but the authorities had moved their villages to the new site in forest when Angkor archaeological park has registered as the UNESCO heritage site.

@@champaputih4568 Lol, I think you've misread. I meant back in the times when it was at its peak, and was in use - I'm being told it was a place for not just any kind of ceremony, or a resident for the Kings, etc. It was a site where deities and the like gathered. Not a resident for anyone. Not even the human King at the time. No one was allowed to live IN Angkor Wat. I believe it's the same case now. You can't sleep/live in Angkor Wat. This information was given to me from people in villages hidden in forests, far from the main roads, with no dirt roads leading to them so you have to walk for hours to get there. Not the villages in the vicinity of the temple ruins, who are of the younger generation Cambodians, who have access to electricity, and city water/wells. I'm referring to those who remain living deep from the civilization you're referring to. And not because of what you've mentioned, but because of what they had to go through during the last war. (Men were dragged and killed, their heads used as pot holders by the enemy. Women beaten, dragged, and raped in turn, in front of their family. The educated, targeted to be eradicated so the country wouldn't continue prospering at the quick rate that it was. And so much more. Tortured and killed, by certain groups of people who spoke khmer, & pretended to be Cambodian citizens. If you knew the full details to that, you'll understand why some who've survived and are still alive, afraid to come out.) The elderly people who I've talked to are those who escaped to live there, and who've "kan sul"-ed pram or higher. (If you're a Cambodian, you should know what it means. If you aren't, they are prohibited to lie, and must withhold other very strict rules & values.) The information I've received from them matches that of the higher monks in the 2 of Cambodia's oldest temples (Wat; not temples in the sense of "Prasat"/temple ruins). And any Cambodian knows real monks don't lie. It goes against their teaching to say things that are not true, and to take part in politics. Now, if you want to talk about present Cambodia, then the data you've presented is very interesting. (I hate delving into the dark portion of politics that's currently eating up Cambodia, but let me just say this, out of concern...) If what they've done so far (i.e. relocating some villagers too close to the temple ruins) was under the good intention to protect it, then why are there large buildings within the archeological sites? Whose heights are far above that which is allowed of other villagers' homes/buildings in the same area? Are you somehow implying it's the local villagers, who are allowed to live in the vicinity, responsible for building the grand - for profit - infrastructures within the "archeological sites"? The very same villagers who are barely making ends meet? I wonder if they're the same villagers who directed government buildings far from the city center so commercial business can take up their places. Why did they also have to rent off Cambodia's national treasures to non-Cambodians? Where's the money going to? Any tourists who've visited the main temple ruins/main attractions (e.g. Angkor Wat temple) will know how much of a ridiculous fee they had to pay just to be allowed to go in. Just to see a place stripped of so many beautiful carvings, and wall art, and etc. Why are artifacts still disappearing? Every person guarding the "archeological sites" know this, but are still too afraid to bring it to the public's eyes. You're smart. Why do you think it's so? And why are huge, healthy trees being documented as rotting so it must be cut down? And so much more, that is tmi & inappropriate to discuss here. Also, this may be presumptious of me to say, (and forgive me if I falsely assume so) but your name sounds very Cambodian. If you're not a Cambodian, then sorry too for taking your time on spreading awareness of Cambodia's current situation to the children of Cambodia. However, if you are, then listen up. You seem like a reasonable fellow. Study up and get to a position where you can save what's left of Cambodia's natural resources and wonders, and help strengthen the following generations to do the same. And when you've succeeded in doing so, don't forget to drop me a message & invite me over to the country, so I can see a restored Cambodia. Beautiful. And once again, back to its former glory. Until then, thanks for your time buddy.

@@baishechuan Thanks for your precious insights. I'm Italian, I have spent a month in your country volunteering one year ago. I still have vivid memories. I've been there for a short time, but I can understand your words. It's a shame to see a once prosperous and glorious nation being treated as the little servant of a higher power.

shiva 0 it is not Hindu Cambodia is Asian so it is a buddhist temple

@@Ant-cs4nc it is a Hindu temple idiot there are idols of hindu diety which can be seen clearly

@Cheltook Tribe there is something twisted in your history book buddy. I am not claiming it shiva or budhist temple but The fact is Budha is known as incarnation of Vishnu and there are Vishnu carved under the rivers in combodia. Whith proper vishnu features. And No budha ever carved under water! So mainstream historians always twist history according to their need. But in case of indian history there are original sculpture and scriptures are available of related period. So solve the jigsaw puzzel you will get answer at the end. Budhism also preserved thousands of ancient scripts with hindus. Both survived together happily. ✌️

@Hazard187 wow 3rd side .. must invite china in this origin battle 😅

@Cheltook Tribe ok show me reality then. I want to learn from your view. Tell me where budha born and came. And why he is the only enlightened person. Why nobody before or after him enlightened. For Carbon Dating : which machine or technique can calculate exact age of rocks? Must answer me if you find it. The books you are reading are speculations only. People call indian history as Myth!! You are saying the same! And lord budha was also part of indian history. Means you are saying him a Myth too. "I am not claiming" that budha was vishnu's incarnation. I am claiming that vishnu's idols are found in these temples. With same stones same amount of erosion corrosion. Isnt it enough to claim that it was Vishnu temple!

Hiii

How come the statues look black

@@melanatedhistorian5390 not black, it's Indian

@Alex Kks lol, read history, this land was an ancient South Indian kingdom, which was Hindu

could you send me a pic?

I would love to buy it of you.

We agree, Ken! It would be amazing to be able to see this in person.

Oh

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Life is short and we don't have forever to live..... Do something that is must do before it's too late....👍💟👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

Must love where we're...... that is the right thing

Isnt cambodia a Vietnamese puppet state?

We are you from?

Im American but my family is from Pakistan/north west India region, my people are the Kamboj from the Khemara clan of Rajouri...Cambodia people interest me due to the similarity of names, but it most be a coincidence as Cambodians are not Scythians/Sakas nor do you have traditions of being nomadic horse archer society, yet you seem to share ethnic names with us....Not only Kambuchea sounds like Kamboja but Khmer sounds like our other folk name the Khemara.

@@mongolchiuud8931 Kama Jiu-jitsu Thank you for your elaborate description, why do you know Cambodia well, have you ever been in Cambodia?

No, I have not. I just have an interest my peoples ancient history and traditions when ever I google it a lot of times Cambodians are mentioned as a people who. name is etymology is linked to my peoples names. I think that strange thats all.

😎🤝Ana enna kodumai pathingala nanba...Kovilai katti naattai aandathh oruthan inga enada na...Ovoruthanum urimai eduthu pesran...Kovil kattiya mannan inam inga nama polambitu irukom...

Raghav Ra I’m not

@@connerhwang9490 y

Yes me too

Me three

Me 4 ហើយខ្ញុំដែល លេខ ៤

It's Buddhism temple

Woow

You must say more about the temple and Angkor Wat okay Sister

ஆம் அண்ணா..அதை நம்மாலே இப்போ நீருபிக்க இயலுமா?!!!

It is the big concern for me

Well some artifacts were ruined by tourists who sometimed touched or carved a spot

vishnu or brahma?? because the faces looks like of brahma's

@Shourey Meghmal hahahahah yh bro

Khmer

Srok khmer យើងជាខ្មែរតែមួយ ស្រលាញ់គ្នាទៅអនាគត

... who cares lol

You for one, since you clicked on this video to learn more about the subject I assume...

Defronnie obviously not considering I was the one who said who cares lol

John Jacob Reread his comment 😂😂

MIT * ok... i read it, now what

I did

Illusive mans theme.

Thank god, I thought I was the only geek here. xD

Are they even allowed to use it?

uhm hi can u please tell me what "ke vai sur tha teii" and "jes ta teii knon klun" means? Thank u

Rahul Ash it to suvaravaman chola king.

@@ThamizhiAaseevagar lol its suryavarman pallavan king