Angkor Thom (Khmer: អង្គរធំ, literally meaning ‘Great City’) is located in Siem Reap Province (ខេត្តសៀមរាប) of Cambodia, it is a very big tourist attraction, not just the temples inside, the gates of Angkor Thom are also worth seeing.
There are 4 gates at each of the cardinal points in Angkor Thom, and the south gate is now by far the most often visited, as it is the main entrance to the city for tourists.
The causeway in front of each tower has a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war. This appears to be a reference to the Indian myth, the Churning of the Sea of Milk (Sanskrit: समुद्रमन्थन).
Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire, it was established in the late 12th century by King Jayavarman VII.
One of the human faces under the temple-mountain always appears in posters or magazines for promoting Angkor’s tourism, but the identity of this face still remains a mystery.
