Prasat Bakhaeng

Site common name	Prasat Bakhaeng
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	-
Province/City	Angkor
State	Siem Reap
Country	Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.423611 Long : 103.856111

History of production	Yashovarman I established the new capital, entitled as Yashodharapura, populuarly known as Angkor nowadays. The central hill of the city is Phnom Bakaeng which is simultaneously the central core of the kingdom. This hill is conmparableto Kilash, the mountainous abode of Shiva. On the top of the hill locates Bakaeng temple enshrining the royal Linga of his reign.
Art	Bakaeng is the temple on the top of stepped pyramidal platforms. As the platforms rest on the living rock of the hill, the base becomes strong enough to support the numerous temples built with stone, different form the case at Bakong. The top platform supports 5 towers surround by some 60 miniature towers scattering around the five steps of platforms. Every temple enshrines Linga and faces eastwards. The total number of the towers including the ground-leveled ones are 108 in number, the auspicious number in Hindusim
Period	Historical Period
Age	9th-10th century A.D.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Sect	Shaivite

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali