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Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).

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Ta Prohm Ruins - Ta Prohm is the modern name of what was originally called Rajavihar. Built in the Bayon style by King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most renovated Angkor temples Ta Prohm has been left in pretty much the same condition in which it was found. One reason for this is that the roots and trees have become so much a part of the structures that, if removed the structures would lose their integrity. The photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the natural surroundings have made the temple one of Angkor's most popular with visitors. Two species predominate: the silk cotton tree ceiba pentandra or Tetrameles nudiflora and the other is the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).