Bakken Temple | Angkor appreciates the commanding heights of the sunset Bakken Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in the Angkor monuments of Cambodia. It was a temple built on the Bakken Mountain after the King Angkor Dynasty in the 9th century. Bakken Mountain is a hill 1.5 km northwest of Angkor Wat. It is about 70 meters high and is the only commanding height in the vicinity. On the west side of the mountain is the open West Pond, and in the southeast jungle is Angkor Wat. From the top of Bakken, you can admire the Angkor Wat. Outside the Bakken Temple, there is a rectangular dam with a length of 650 meters and a width of 436 meters. It may be that the waterproof project of the old building of Rolos is used in the new building. Surrounded by gullies, the Bakken Mountain symbolizes the mysterious sea of Mount Meru, which surrounds the heart of the world in Hindu mythology. The Bakken Temple is built on a flat mountaintop.