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Is Angkor Wat based on Jainism?

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"Panchmeru Temple" Angkorvat is one of the 72 temples situated in approximately 260 sq. Kms. Area in and around Angkor town in sitemreap province of Combodia. These temples have been built in the memory of famous personalities and probably must not be of other than Lord Rishabhdev, Parshwanath and Rama. read more

It is possible because Govt Records say that even the Balaji Temple was once a jain Temple and A western Historian says that every major Temple in the south standing today was once a Jain Temple in the past. read more

The modern name, Angkor Wat (Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត) (alternate name: Nokor Wat, Khmer: នគរវត្ត), means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor (Khmer: អង្គរ) meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor (Khmer: នគរ), which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara (Devanāgarī: नगर). read more

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