It was built by King Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most of the other Angkor temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found. The forest still engulfs it very much the way it probably did when it was found. This makes it one of the most exclusive and photogenic sites of Angkor.
These trees growing out of the architecture is the feature that distinguishes from the rest of the temples. Here you can see the massive roots of the silk cotton tree.
Perhaps, to a very large extent it is the trees that hold the entire structure together.
Tourists love to take photos at this particular tree root on their way out. I had to wait long to get these shots after the other tourists had cleared out.
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