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Main Tower: Prasat Banteay Srei

Keywords : 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.
ArtBanteay Srei is the temple comprising three towers sharing the same platform. Whereas the central tower was dedicated to Śiva, the flanking towers are not sure to whom did these temple belong. They are however possible to dedicate to his two consorts Umā and Gangā because these temple are only decorated with female attendants. The characters of these three towers are typical to the late Angkorian period. The towers are of stone while the doors are blind. The corners of the superstructure are decorated with the miniature temples, differing from Angkor Wat period temple which is normally decorated by the antefixes.
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