Related: See more of my photos of the Grand Palace – Emerald Buddha Temple at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand – Getting An Early Start Traveling Around the World at the Grand Palace

Inside Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Related: Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Buddha at Borobudur, Indonesia – Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Related: USAF Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado – Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Ceramic Tile Art on Chinese Temple Roof

See more photos of my travels in China.

Related: Pink Lotus Flower, Yangshuo, China – USAF Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado – Tibetan Figurine of Manjusri – Mountains in Northern Utah

Active Buddhist Temple adjacent to Bayon Temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Related: Buddha Statue at Borobudur, Indonesia – Banteay Srei Temple, Cambodia – Water Buffaloes, Cambodia

The Bayon Temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia is fantastic. The temple is located very near Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm and many other amazing temples.

Related: Banyon Tree Overgrowing Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Egytian Statue in Front of the The Temple of Dendur at the Met in NYC – Candi Sewu, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Tibetan figurine of a wrathful Manjusri, with copper gild, at Shanghai Art Museum. From the Qing dynasty era (1664 to 1911).

Je Tsongkhapa, who founded the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, is said to have received his teachings from visions of Mañjuśrī.

Within Esoteric Buddhism, Mañjuśrī is a meditational deity, and considered a fully enlightened Buddha. In the Shingon school of Esoteric Buddhism, he is one of the thirteen deities to whom disciples devote themselves. He figures extensively in many Esoteric Buddhist texts such as the Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa and the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti.

Related: Buddha Statues, Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia – Candi Sewu, Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Egyptian Statue in Front of the The Temple of Dendur at the Met in NYC

Close up view of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem by Bill Hunter.

The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة‎ – Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע‎ – Kipat Hasela) is a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Foundation Stone, at its heart, bears great significance for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

The Dome of the Rock is situated in the center of the Temple Mount, the site of the Jewish Second Temple. The location is holy to Christians primarily because of the role the Temple played in the life of Jesus. The Temple was destroyed in 70 CE by the Romans, who built a temple to Jupiter on the site. During the Byzantine era, Jerusalem was primarily Christian, and pilgrims came by the tens of thousands to experience the places where Jesus walked.

With the Persian invasion in 614, followed by the Muslim Siege of Jerusalem in 637, the Dome of the Rock was constructed by the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik. Its architecture and mosaics were patterned after nearby Byzantine churches.

The Foundation Stone and its surroundings is the holiest site in Judaism. Though Muslims now pray towards the Kaaba at Mecca, they once faced the Temple Mount as the Jews do. Muhammad changed the direction of prayer for Muslims after a revelation from Allah. Jews traditionally regarded the location of the stone as the holiest spot on Earth, the site of the Holy of Holies during the Temple Period.

Related: Sacred Destinations Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem – Wikipedia – Giza Pyramids, Egypt – Statue, Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey – Buddha Statues, Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia