Prasat Prei
"The forest sanctuary"
Date: late 12th - early 13th century
King: Jayavarman VII
(posthumous name: Maha paramasangata pada)
Cult: Buddhist
Clearing: H. Mauger in 1934
Prasat Bei was designed with three brick towers standing as a row on a single sandstone platform. Those three towers symbolized the three main Hindu gods, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
After the 9th kilometre marker stone and just beyond the route Fombertaux leading to the eastern entrance of Prah Khan, one takes a forest track to the right. At about 100 metres on the left, perched on a hillock, stands Prasat Prei.
Enclosed by a single laterite wall - most of which has collapsed - this temple consists of the remains of a gopura in laterite and sandstone and then a sandstone sanctuary opening to the east, forming a tower with four upper tiers preceded by a vestibule that has been restored. The sanctuary chamber, with three false doors - moulded on the exterior - is cruciform in plan and 2m.90 in width.
The decoration is linked with no peculiarity to the style of the Bayon (dense ornamentation, devatas, false windows with lowered blinds) while the frontons have been defaced.
In the courtyard - where on the southern side a badly ruined laterite and sandstone "library" has a moulded false door to the east - an interesting chariot being pulled by oxen was found, set on a base. It has been removed to the Bayon sculptures storeroom.
Its lintels have very beautiful carvings. There’s Indra’s figure ridding on a three headed elephant Aravata.
Prasat Bei was designed with the typical Khmer architectural style of the 6th century to the 10th century. This temple structure was not completely finished because the king was killed two years after he was crowned as king, by Harshavarman I who was his brother. Although Prasat Bei is a small temple, it’s interesting to see because its location is in the over green grass field near Angkor Thom moat. To see Prasat Bei, Baksei Chamkrong and Prasat Thmar Bay Kaek temples should be seen together as well.
Each tower has four doors. There is a real door which is opening to the east wh Linga with Yoni sculpture.
ile three others are blind doors.
there’s a small shrine in the front of temple. It has Linga sculpture, balusters and lintels with beautiful carvings. It’s believed as the entrance structure of Prasat Bei.
Prasat Thmar Bay Kaek:
There’re two brick shrines of Prasat Thmar Bay Kaek temple in the front of the entrance of Prasat Bei. a bigger shrine was used to pray to Shiva. There’s a kneeling bull statue called Nandil in the front. The French found three golden turtle statues in the foundation of Shiva’s shrine. A smaller shrine locating to the north was dedicated to Uma who was Shiva’s wife. Her torso still remains in the shrine. Although this temple was restored by French in 1970, the war broke the temple again.
"The forest sanctuary"
Date: late 12th - early 13th century
King: Jayavarman VII
(posthumous name: Maha paramasangata pada)
Cult: Buddhist
Clearing: H. Mauger in 1934
Prasat Bei was designed with three brick towers standing as a row on a single sandstone platform. Those three towers symbolized the three main Hindu gods, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
Enclosed by a single laterite wall - most of which has collapsed - this temple consists of the remains of a gopura in laterite and sandstone and then a sandstone sanctuary opening to the east, forming a tower with four upper tiers preceded by a vestibule that has been restored. The sanctuary chamber, with three false doors - moulded on the exterior - is cruciform in plan and 2m.90 in width.
The decoration is linked with no peculiarity to the style of the Bayon (dense ornamentation, devatas, false windows with lowered blinds) while the frontons have been defaced.
In the courtyard - where on the southern side a badly ruined laterite and sandstone "library" has a moulded false door to the east - an interesting chariot being pulled by oxen was found, set on a base. It has been removed to the Bayon sculptures storeroom.
Its lintels have very beautiful carvings. There’s Indra’s figure ridding on a three headed elephant Aravata.
Prasat Bei was designed with the typical Khmer architectural style of the 6th century to the 10th century. This temple structure was not completely finished because the king was killed two years after he was crowned as king, by Harshavarman I who was his brother. Although Prasat Bei is a small temple, it’s interesting to see because its location is in the over green grass field near Angkor Thom moat. To see Prasat Bei, Baksei Chamkrong and Prasat Thmar Bay Kaek temples should be seen together as well.
Each tower has four doors. There is a real door which is opening to the east wh Linga with Yoni sculpture.
ile three others are blind doors.
there’s a small shrine in the front of temple. It has Linga sculpture, balusters and lintels with beautiful carvings. It’s believed as the entrance structure of Prasat Bei.
Prasat Thmar Bay Kaek:
There’re two brick shrines of Prasat Thmar Bay Kaek temple in the front of the entrance of Prasat Bei. a bigger shrine was used to pray to Shiva. There’s a kneeling bull statue called Nandil in the front. The French found three golden turtle statues in the foundation of Shiva’s shrine. A smaller shrine locating to the north was dedicated to Uma who was Shiva’s wife. Her torso still remains in the shrine. Although this temple was restored by French in 1970, the war broke the temple again.
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