Bas Relief at Ta Prohm

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Ta Prohm has not many narrative bas-reliefs(compared to Angkor Wat or Angkor Thom). One explanation that has been proffered for this dearth is that much of the temple's original Buddhist narrative artwork must have been destroyed by Hindu iconoclasts following the death of Jayavarman VII. At any rate, some depictions of scenes from Buddhist mythology do remain. One badly eroded bas-relief illustrates the "Great Departure" of Siddhartha, the future Buddha, from his father's palace. The temple also features stone reliefs of devatas (minor female deities), meditating monks or ascetics, and dvarapalas or temple guardians.

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Size: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Ta Prohm, Cambodia
Photo credit: © Tjetjep Rustandi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ascetics, bas-reliefs, buddhist, cambodia, dvarapalas, guardians., jayavarman, meditating, monks, narrative, prohm, ta, temple