Ta Pruhm Temple (Prasat Ta Pruhm)

Ta Pruhm Temple constructed in the recent 12th and primitive 13th centuries in the reign of sovereign Jayavarman VII as a place of worship instead of Brahmans and Buddhists. The temple psychosis is surrounded by the 3m wall made of laterite, though these days all the walls are almost completely damaged. Passing through the originally gate, it’s a large boil growing colorful flowers and other shady large trees, from at this time we can go to see the entirety temple psychosis.


 There are additionally two ponds which Khmer ancient make somewhere your home built instead of praying ceremony and denote Bokharani pond instead of Buddhist, denote the seven oceans in the humankind of Hinduism.Ta Pruhm temple is built by stone and laterite under Bayon sort with 11m high ranking, 42m from east to west and 36m from south to north. There is lone gopura (gateway) on all wall of the four direction and near are two slighter appearance by both elevation of the gopura. Inside the temple psychosis, near is lone chief sanctuary faces east and two libraries expression west opposite with the chief sanctuary. The chief sanctuary is built in resist smooth with four entrances to the cardinal direction. The entirety chief sanctuary at odds into five chambers occupied Buddha statues and lingam, surrounded by with the aim of near is a 13th century Buddha image. At the east appearance of chief sanctuary, the lintel of Buddha in Parinirvana was added in 16th century by sovereign Ang Chan I.







 At both sides of the appearance, near is Dvarapala, the exit protector, holding cane. The outer wall of the chief sanctuary is decorated with bas reliefs illustrating the story of the churning of the ocean of milk, Krishna eradicate the fiend horse named Kesin, the story of Buddha life as Vissantara Jataka, and additionally the scenes of every day living of Khmer make somewhere your home. Beside these, single Apsara carvings abounded on the walls of the chief sanctuary, all is unique with their hairstyles and attributes. Lintels, frontons and pillars are succeed of stone with very impressive carvings. At the north appearance of chief sanctuary near is a figure of six hands Avalokiteshvara with his worshipers. At the south appearance near is a figure of four dispense Lokesvara holding lotus flower, rosary, sacred, and bottle of holy hose.









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