Avalokitesvara

Site common name	Prasat Neak Pean
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Province/City	Angkor
State	Siem Reap
Country	Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.463056 Long : 103.895

History of production	Prasat Neak Pean is built on a large pond called “Narai Phrakhan”. It was built in the reign of king Chayavaraman VII. According to the inscription, it was called “Chaitadaka”. It is a holy place for the kingdom as it can be compared with Anodat pond.
Art	The sculpture of Avalokitesavara has no head and is topless. It has thick body and wear ornament. including a necklect with Uba tufts. The cloth is short and the fish tail falls down in the middle. This is the characteristic of Bayon art. It is surrounded by gods and Bhothisavara.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Bayon
Age	18 Century BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Mahayana
Religion and belief	Avalogitesavara is the current Bhothisavara. He is worshiped as the Bhothisavara of mercy and sometimes called by other name such as Pattamapanee.

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