Facing Bayon
sense to match. It is a hybrid of him and the Buddha that graces the
50 some towers bearing the multi-faced chimeras. Bayon stands at the
center of Angkor Thom, Javayarman's creation. It's been said that the
the King was the groom and the City - his bride....and Bayon is, to
me, the most intimate expression of this mythic union.
I had the privilege to chant sacred mantras in the central chamber,
where a gentle nun of the chamber kept the candles aglow and the
incents burning...unlike many other temple ruins, these temples are
still very much "in action." It was a surreal experience to make
sacred sounds there, where the Great Kings sang to their gods for over
10 centuries....
It is at Bayon that I would love to spend a night once....but have not
yet. I can only imagine the otherworldly chirmera towers in the pale
cast of the moon....
I was clearly not the only admirer there. Besides the obligatory swarm
of tourists crowding towards the top of the Mount, I came across a
no-nonsense camera crew. It was my first experience watching a film
shoot. It turned out, they were filming the set for the animation of
"Transformers 3." The giant towers were to be later animated and turn
into latent transformers coming out of long sleep.
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