The Bayon was dedicated as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine with a large Buddha inside the central sanctuary. However, inscriptions on the doorjambs indicate that some of the face towers were also used as shrines to earlier Brahmanic deities, such as Shiva.

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The Bayon was dedicated as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine with a large Buddha inside the central sanctuary. However, inscriptions on the doorjambs indicate that some of the face towers were also used as shrines to earlier Brahmanic deities, such as Shiva.

The Bayon was dedicated as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine with a large Buddha inside the central sanctuary. However, inscriptions on the doorjambs indicate that some of the face towers were also used as shrines to earlier Brahmanic deities, such as Shiva.