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Gateway: Prasat Banteay Srei

Keywords : Shiva, Banteay Srei, Prasat Banteay Srei, Jayavarman V

Site common namePrasat Banteay Srei
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityAngkor
StateSiem Reap
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 13.598889
Long : 103.962778

History of productionYajñayarāha, a noble during the reign of Jayavarman V, constructed Banteay Srei dedicated to Śiva. The temple locates northwards outside the city of Angkor. It is neither the royal temple nor the temple under the Devarājā cult.
ArtGopura or the gateway of Prasat Banteay Srei is decorated with the triangular pediment. The shape of the pediment is obviously derived from the timber origin while the scrolls at the both ends of the gable are associated with the Makara’s trunk. This kind of pediment has been used before at Koh Ker and it has been continued to some Baphoun-period temples, including Preah Vihear.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBanteay Srei
Age11th Century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali