If Angkor Wat, The bayon and other temples are testimony to the genis of acient Khmers, the Ta Prohm reminds us equally of the awesome fecundity and power of the jungle.

I am definetely in a jungle and overwhelm by its beauty! ;)

This way to the other gallaries where you can see carvings of hindu goddess

From inside this temple where your voice echoes surprisingly!

Amazing views from this side on!

Trees took over the temples

More of the gigantic trees inside the Ta Prohm temples taken from my mobile camera

This is one of my favorite temples after Angkor Wat and The Bayon

Ruins inside Ta Prohm temples

Totally awesome!

This was the temple choosen by Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient to be left in its 'natural state' as an example of how most of Angkor looked on its discovery in the 19th century.

It is one of the few temples in the Angkor Wat region where an inscriptions provides information about the temple's dependents and inhabitants.

Built from 1186 and originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddist temple dedicated to the mother of Jayavarman VII.

Silk-cotton trees over the doubled-pillared gallary

Strangler figs and silk-cotton trees entwined among ruins

Some of these are courtyards in its natural state

They are many hidden corners inside Ta Prohm which gives tourist an opportunities to explore further. ;)

The kid in the background are one of the kid who manage to duck the security and want to guide you through the temple. Some people don't like this, some do., the fact that matter is that these are mostly poor kids from poor famillies looking for a chance to make some money.

some of the small temples echos when you speak or tump your chest which is quite facinating

The number of dependents for the temples during the acient times are staggering, although possibly include an element of exaggeration to glorify the king; close to 80,000 people were required to maintain or attend the temple, among them more than 2700 officials and 615 dancers.

great wonders to this place! ;)

I just can't believe my eyes !!! those roots are massive!

Inside one of the gallary! ;)

Am almost inside what they call 'Central Sanctuary'

Gigantic trees

Some of the gallaries are closed because many of these precariously balanced stones weigh a tonne or more and would do some serious damage if they came down!

Ta Prohm is a temple of towers, close courtyards and narrow corridors. Many of the corridors are impassable, clogged with jumbled piles of delicately carved stones blocks dislodged by the roots of long decayed trees.

A kid running away from his parent onto a path! ;)

Entrace from the west side of the temple

Eventually the tree becomes a support for the building, but when it dies, or is felled by a storm, the loosened blocks collapse.

The tress that have grown intertwined among the ruins are expecially responsible for Ta Prohm's atmosphere and have prompted more writers to descriptive excess than any other feature of Angkor ;)