#oudongmonastery

Oudong Monastery at Chey Odam, 35 km northwest of Phnom Penh, was the royal capital of Cambodia from 1618 - 1863.

A road at Oudong Monastery in Chey Odam, 35 km northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ends with a Big Buddha Statue.

These Buddhist nuns were at the Cambodia Buddhist Vipasana Center at Oudong Monastery at Chey Odam, 35 km northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The prayer hall of Oudong Monastery at Chey Odam, 35 km northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is covered from top to bottom with colorful paintings.

Monks file in for lunch at Oudong Monastery at Chey Odam, 35 km northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In March 1974 during the Cambodian Civil War the monks were forced into agricultural communes in the countryside and many were executed by the Khmer Rouge.

Monks from the Sontte Wan Buddhist Meditation Center offer a blessing at Oudong Monastery in Chey Odam, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.