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Prasat Leak Neang

Prasat Leak Neang (Khmer's "Tower of the Hidden Virgin") is a small, 200 m east of Pre Rup, lying Prasat in Angkor. According to an inscription, the building dates from 960 and was built under Rajendravarman II. The square base has a length of 4.5 m. [1] As the only jewels are shown riding on the lintel above the eastern entrance to Indra in Airavata. A series of prayer figures are incorporated into it. In the other directions, Prasat Leak Neang has pseudo portals. With the exception of the octagonal pillars and pediment, the eastern portal, made of sandstone, is made of bricks.

Prasat Leak Neang (Khmer's "Tower of the Hidden Virgin") is a small, 200 m east of Pre Rup, lying Prasat in Angkor. According to an inscription, the building dates from 960 and was built under Rajendravarman II. The square base has a length of 4.5 m. [1] As the only jewels are shown riding on the lintel above the eastern entrance to Indra in Airavata. A series of prayer figures are incorporated into it. In the other directions, Prasat Leak Neang has pseudo portals. With the exception of the octagonal pillars and pediment, the eastern portal, made of sandstone, is made of bricks.

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Phnom Krom

Phnom Krom

Phnom Krom (Khmer: ភ្នំ ក្រោម) is a 140 m high hill near the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia and there is a temple located at the top that derived its name from the hill, "Prasat ...

Bakong Temple

Bakong Temple

Bakong (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបាគង) is the first mountain of the sandstone temple built by the rulers of the Khmer empire in Angkor, near modern Siem Reap in Cambodia. In the last ...

Beng Mealea

Beng Mealea

Beng Mealea or Bung Mealea (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបឹងមាលា, the name means "lotus pond" [1]) is a temple in the Angkor Wat period [2]: 118-119 located 40 km east of the main group ...

Khmer Classical Dancing

Khmer Classical Dancing

The Grande Hotel in Angkor has a restaurant and stage by the river that features nightly performances of apsara style dancers. The show and dinner buffet is $ ...

Sambor Prei Kuk

Sambor Prei Kuk

Sambor Prei Kuk (Khmer: ប្រាសាទសំបូរព្រៃគុក, Prasat Sambor Prei Kuk) is an archaeological site in Cambodia, located in the province of Kampong Thom, 30 km north ...

Baksei Chamkrong

Baksei Chamkrong

Baksei Chamkrong is a small Hindu temple situated in the Angkor complex (Siem Reap, Cambodia). He is dedicated to Lord Shiva and used to keep a golden image of him. The temple can be seen on the left ...

Ta Keo

Ta Keo

Ta Keo had to be the state temple of Jayavarman V, son of Rajendravarman, who had built the Pre Rup. Like Pre Rup, it has five sanctuary towers arranged in a quincunx, built at the highest level of ...

Angkor National Museum

Angkor National Museum

During the Golden Age of the Khmer Kingdom, one of the ancient civilizations of this world was being created. It was the origin of Khmer art, culture and architecture. These great inventions have ...

Kampong Khleang Floating Village

Kampong Khleang Floating Village

Kampong Khleang is a village in Cambodia, situated on Tonle Sap Lake. Most of the community lives in stilt houses. This creates a unique feeling. Kampong Khleang is a must visit during your trip to ...

Ta Prohm Kel

Ta Prohm Kel

Ta Prohm Kel (Khmer: Prasat Prasat or Prasat Prasat) is a small ruined sandstone monument in the archaeological park of Angkor, Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Ta Prohm Kel was one of the 102 hospital ...

Banteay Kdei Temple

Banteay Kdei Temple

Extensive monastic complex, largely unrefurbished, in the same style as Ta Prohm. It was originally built on the site of an earlier temple, and functioned as a Buddhist monastery under Jayavarman ...

Preah Ang Thom

Preah Ang Thom

Preah Ang Thom (Khmer: ព្រះអង្គ ធំ) is an 8-meter tall statue of the reclining Buddha that strikes nirvana. The statue is carved into a huge sandstone rock. Preah Ang Thom is the ...

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