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Mandapa: Prasat Banteay Srei

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

Site common namePrasat Banteay Srei
Type of artworkArchitecture
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.
ArtPrasat Banteay Srei is the temple on the flat platform. The central axis is emphasized by the rectangular front-hall (Maṇḍapa) in the east-west axis. This hall is normally functioned as the ceremonial hall for all devotees who were prohibited to enter the sanctum. The front pediment depicts Indra on the elephant Airavata, the god of the east. This god is normally depicted at this direction even though the temple does not belong to him.
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