Angkor Wat is a sanctuary complex at Angkor, Cambodia, Constructed for the ruler Suryavarman II in the mid twelfth century as his state sanctuary and capital city. As the best-safeguarded sanctuary at the site, it is the one and only to have remained a huge religious focus since its establishment – first Hindu, devoted to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. It is the world's biggest religious building.[1] The sanctuary is at the highest point of the high established style of Khmer construction modeling. It has turned into an image of Cambodia, showing up on its national banner, and it is the nation's prime fascination for guests. Angkor Wat consolidates 2 Essential arrangements of Khmer sanctuary building design: the sanctuary mountain and the later galleried sanctuary, in light of ahead of schedule South Indian Hindu structural engineering, with key highlights, for example, the Jagati. It is intended to speak to Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: inside a channel and an external divider 3.6 kilometers (2.3 mi) long are three rectangular displays, every raised over the following. At the middle of the sanctuary stands a quincunx of towers. Not at all like most Angkorian sanctuaries, Angkor Wat is situated toward the west; researchers are separated as to the centrality of this. The sanctuary is appreciated for the loftiness and concordance of the construction modeling, its far reaching bas-reliefs and for the various devatas (gatekeeper spirits) embellishing its dividers.
The current name, Angkor Wat, signifies "City Temple"; Angkor is a Vernacular type of the word nokor which originates from the Sanskrit word nagara significance capital or city. Wat is the Khmer word for sanctuary. Before this time the sanctuary was known as Preah Pisnulok, after the post mortem ti.
