The
Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated
Khmer temple at
Angkor in
Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the
Mahayana Buddhist King
Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital,
Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by later
Hindu and
Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences.