{"id":"angkor-wat","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/angkor-wat","language":"en","name":"Angkor Wat","name_en":"Angkor Wat","name_ne":null,"description":"Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia","summary":"Angkor Wat is a Theravada Buddhist temple complex, originally built as a Vaishnava Hindu temple, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It is the largest religious complex in the world. Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares within the medieval capital of Angkor, it was constructed between 1113 and 1150 CE during the reign of the Khmer king Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. From the late 13th century onward, the complex was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple as Khmer kings adopted Buddhism. Angkor Wat has remained a Buddhist monastery and an active center of Buddhist worship into the present day. It is noted for its monumental scale, extensive bas-reliefs, and an architectural unity characteristic of Khmer architecture. Unlike most Angkorian temples, it is oriented toward the west. It is a symbol of Cambodia and appears on the Cambodian national flag.","summary_more":[],"facts":[],"office":null,"faq":[],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Angkor_Wat.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled","width":null,"height":null,"license":null,"credit":null,"page":null},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Angkor Wat","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Angkor Wat, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence.","cite":"\"Angkor Wat\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/angkor-wat. Retrieved 1 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-01T15:25:26Z","facts_checked":null,"alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/angkor-wat","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/angkor-wat","ne":null}}