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Dag-Rune Z
The last Hindu temple built in the greatest Buddhist kings’ capital

That time a hidden temple revealed itself in green season livery. A misty morning at East Top Temple, Angkor Thom.
Prasat Top Khang Kaeut (Eastern Prasat Top), ប្រាសាទតុប ខាងកើត or Mangalartha temple is a small Hindu temple with several images of the God Vishnu. The temple is mostly unvisited and very peaceful.

Green temple
The vegetation has taken over most of the surroundings. That makes for some stunning photo opportunities. During or just after green season this gets extraordinary, with deep, green moss and fresh green all around this temple.

Top Khang Kaeut was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII, the great Buddhist god king, and was initiated in 1295CE. It was built in honour of Mangalartha, a son of a Hindu Brahmin priest/guru kept in high regard by the god king. That gives a glimpse into the religious tolerance and structures in the Khmer Empire.

Small temple, large importance
This is the last significant Hindu Temple built in the Khmer Empire before the major change to Buddhism as State religion. It was built during the era of the most powerful of the Buddhist kings of Angkor. It is the last temple built in the high Angkor time frame with a definitive known initiating date.

The “Hidden Temple”-name is because anyone who wants to explore this small temple and site needs to actively go looking for it. It is not on any of the ordinary visiting trips in Angkor Park. If not biking, the visitor needs to walk some hundred meters into the thick forest. Tuk Tuks or cars cannot drive there.

It is a nice 12 km ride from central Siem Reap.

https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/the-secret-temple-in-angkor-thom/

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Photo shows a small one tower temple in high Angkor Architectural style. It is in a small opening in the forest. Due to the monsoon season, it is covered of fresh green moss, and the trees has a thick foliage. The open stone structure of the temple is high contrast and clean washed night humidity. The scene is framed by trees. In front remains of a stone wall covered in thick green moss.
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Dag-Rune Z
Visit to an impressing off the main track citadel temple

Banteay Thom, the big (Thom) Citadel (Banteay), is 10 km north of Angkor Wat and 15 km out Siem Reap City limits. It is accessible by motorbike or a proper bike only.

This temple was built during the rule of Jayavarman VII "the Great" in early 1200s CE. There is one main entrance to the east, and a gate blockaded by debris to the west. Remains of a moat surrounds the old temple.

As a temple built by a mighty god king, it is of stately qualities including some very advanced arts and stone carvings.
After the anteroom and Gopuras, the main three towers are of impressive sizes. But in some need of restoration.

Being outside the main Angkor Park area, there is no need for an Angkor temple pass to visit. It is a truly quiet place with spots and details to study closely, without the queueing and crowds in the more famous temple from JVIIs reign.
Unfortunately, its solitude location means that the temple has been a target for looting into quite recent times.

Banteay Thom is surrounded by rice fields. Visiting during harvest season means meeting and surprise a lot of locals tending to their fields. Including the field where the young Khmer works, where you can listen to the latest in Khmer pop music.

That is not a bad thing. Kh-pop is patent, modern pop worth listen to. And makes a nice cultural contrast to the old Archaeological structure.

#angkor #siemreap #visitsiemreap #cambodia #offthebeatentrack #kingdomofwonder #angkortemples 🎶🎶 #bikingintheangkorwonderland 🎶🎶 #AOTBT #offthebeatentrack #Banteay #thom #Banteaythom #bike #rice #ricefield #dirttrack #backcountry #greentourism #Jayavarman #VII #JVII #J7 #Angkor #Thom #1250CE
Photo shows the entrance gate of the Great Citadel, Banteay Thom, a massive but low entrance structure with five gate door holes. The structure is made of brickwork and laterite stone. The colours are light grey, light brown, dark brown and some red stones. In front there is a stone made plateau/terrace. At the wall of the entrance there are stone carvings of dancing Apsara figures, text and some art patterns. The entrance is framed by green trees and turf. A lightly clouded deep blue sky tells of late wet season. Cambodia is as safe, comfortable and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy your visit to the Kingdom of Wonder.
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poison punk

lessons we should have learned & implemented by now can be learned from the #khmer in #cambodia, where a king build a city the size of london & an intricate network of roads & canals. many incredible temples & palaces were build & up to a million ppl lived there.

that was between the 12th & 16th century.

us mud-dwellers in the netherlands back then just started building dikes.
see?
we are the fucking barbarians.

#GifsArtidote: i feel sick thinking about the murderous white-supremacist imperialist & narcissistic legacy white western kings & queen's & our current so-called 'leaders' & authorities leave behind when the apocalypse is over.

it doesn't have to be this way, you know.
you, me & everyone only need to stop following, stop pretending, stop capitulating & blaming your self for the material situation you're in.
look in the mirror & study your #self before focusing outward.
#educate yourself, care for your self, #organise & resist until you are who you choose to be.
only then you'll be free

youtu.be/KsDGDzwuQ-I?

YouTubeAngkor Wat: The Ancient Mystery Of Cambodia’s Lost Capital | The City Of God Kings | TimelineBy Timeline - World History Documentaries
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Dag-Rune Z
The little village temple in 890s Hariharalaya

An early morning visit to the very old Prasat Trapeang Kaek ប្រាសាទត្រពាំងក្អែក with two oxen.

Prasat Trapeang Kaek, or O Ka-aek temple, is a single tower temple built in Hariharalaya. This was the second capital of Angkor Empire. O Ka-Aek was built 50 years before the capital was moved to the area near Angkor Thom.

O Ka-aek is part of the standalone temples in Roluos group. Probably it was built as a village temple. It is situated close to the old main dirt roads leading into the southern part of modern Siem Reap.

O Ka-aek is appx two kilometre west for Bakong Temple, the first large temple built in mountain style in the Khmer Empire.

Peace on the main old road
Since it is off track modern roads, O Ka-aek is rather peaceful and gives a chance to look closely on early architecture and art in the Angkor Empire. Even if the walls mostly have caved in, there are surprisingly well-kept stone art in the remaining structure. The north and south permanently closed gates have amazingly detailed carvings still.

The single tower temple is built in old Khmer Hindu style closely resemble development from the older Chenla style.
It is also on a nice green spot, meaning that the locals let animals graze around it. Two oxen were doing this on my visit, stopping only to study me study the O Ka-aek temple.

Getting here is easy by any vehicle or bike. It is a nice 18 km bike ride one way from Siem Reap. As the old road is gravel mostly, a mountain/terrain bike is advisable.

https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2024/11/10/a-green-small-spot-at-prasat-trapeang-kaek/

#angkor #hariharalaya #roluosgroup #temple #okaaektemple #PrasatTrapeangKaek #TrapeangKaek #angkor #architecture #roluos #bikingintheangkorwonderland #bluesky #hinduism #890CE #offthebeatentrack #angkoroffthebeatentrack #AOTBT #Cambodia #ancientcapital #countryside #daytrip #greentourism #khmer #Pagoda #visitsiemreap #southeastasia #visitcambodia #worldculturalheritage
Photo shows the remains of a single tower temple built in old Khmer Hindu style closely resemble the older Chenla style. The material is red laterite stone, and in the sunrise, it makes the old temple glow warm yellow-red. In the background there are palm trees and some other forest trees, and the sky is blue with some light clouds. The temple is nearly squared but has lost its top/roof. On two sides the old walls reach nearly up to original heights. But the rest of the walls has fallen, leaving a human tall perimeter wall and the temple door gate is the tallest remaining structure. Some stones from the temple are laying on the ground around. Cambodia is as safe, comfortable and kind as ever. Angkor and Siem Reap welcomes visitors. Enjoy your visit to the Kingdom of Wonder.
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