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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sambor Preah Kuk - Ancient Temple in Cambodia

Submitted by SecretsoftheSunSects on Sunday, 17 July 2011  Page Views: 4986

Multi-periodSite Name: Sambor Preah Kuk
Country: Cambodia
NOTE: This site is 58.536 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Kampong Thom
Latitude: 12.723410N  Longitude: 104.893340E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Sambor Preah Kuk
Sambor Preah Kuk submitted by SecretsoftheSunSects : Site in Cambodia (Vote or comment on this photo)
This site has a series of Brahman Sanctuaries more recently converted for Hindu Worship and then Buddhist. The quincunx of the central plaza is exquisite. It has a large central sanctuary with a restored yoni, but unfortunately the original short linga is missing.

Surrounding it are two east and two west sanctuaries, these are in varying states of repair. One or two have the original linga with the yoni removed and a Siva or Buddha crudely placed on the top. None of the original doors are in place.
The original structures were corbelled brick drying towers. The central one has been quite successfully converted to a place of worship by the shading over the doorways pointing east and west. At midday the structures remain rather hot to visit, though the destruction to the top of the brick towers has helped cool things a little.

Most unusually for Asia there is an eight sided version with the same basic elements but the original yoni lying on the ground reflects the octagonal shape as opposed to the normal square.

Surrounding this central complex there are water reservoirs and other utile buildings. The whole area is dotted with other smaller sanctuaries, some not even recorded.
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Sambor Preah Kuk
Sambor Preah Kuk submitted by SecretsoftheSunSects : The corbelled roof of a sanctuary at Sambor Preah kuk, the top badly damaged over time leaving a huge hole. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sambor Preah Kuk
Sambor Preah Kuk submitted by SecretsoftheSunSects : One of the two westerly sanctuaries, the orignal work has been covered over by later cultures. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sambor Preah Kuk
Sambor Preah Kuk submitted by SecretsoftheSunSects : The yoni for the central chamber at Sambor Preah kuk, at over 2.5m it is one of the largest. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sambor Preah Kuk
Sambor Preah Kuk submitted by SecretsoftheSunSects : The yoni in one of the westerly sanctuaries with a Siva statue crudely placed on top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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