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Prasat East Mebon

Keywords :

Site common namePrasat Pre Rup
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityAngkor
StateSiem Reap
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 13.446667
Long : 103.919722

History of productionRajendravarman shifted the capital back to Angkor following the death of Jayavarman IV. He had Pre Rup constructed on the top of the stepped-pyramidal platforms dedicating to himself on the bank of East Baray (Reservoir).
ArtEast Mebon, very similar to Pre Rup, is the temple with 5 towers on the top of the stepped platforms. However the stepped platforms here are lower than those of Pre Rup. As this temple was dedicated to the ancestors, the flatter platform is provided ancestral temple in accordance with the Devaraja cult conceptualization in Cambodia. This temple locates in the middle of East Baray, comparable to Lolei which is also located in the middle of the reservoir Indratadaga.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodPre Rup
Age9th-10th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali