Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is a prime temple situated in Angkor, Cambodia. It was built by one of the powerful kings of Hindhu-Buddhist origin, "Suryavarman 2" of the Khmer Empire, in the early 12th century. This empire fell in the 15th century after building amazing temples. Angkor Wat possesses a good fusion of Hindhu and Buddhist culture and bears a testimony of Khmer's wealth, arts and culture till date, which makes it an amazing place to visit. Angkor Wat means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer, Angkor, means "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor, which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara. Wat is Khmer word of "temple grounds", also derived from Sanskrit, meaning "enclosure".