Prasat Pimeanakas

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Site common name	Prasat Pimeanakas
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	-
Province/City	Angkor
State	Siem Reap
Country	Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.445556 Long : 103.856111

History of production	Suryavarman I ordered to construct the royal palace in the north direction from the original city of Angkor. At the center of his poyal palace there locates Prasat Pimeanakas which was the temple for enshrining the royal Śivalinga in accordance with Devarāka cult.
Art	Prasat Pimeanakas is the stepped pyramidal temple with 3 high platforms. However, the gallery is located on the top of the uppermost platform. This indicates the architectural evolution of Khmer architecture.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Kleang
Age	11th Century A.D.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Sect	Shaivite
Religion and belief	Several centuries after the reign of King Suryavarman I, Chiw Ta Kuan, a Chinese ambassador who travelled to Angkor, mentions in his record that this temple is believed to be the abode of the kingdom’s spirit in the form of the serpent. It was, as her records, mandatory for the king to be at the temple every night.

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