PREAH KHAN TEMPLE( A S HIDDEN SANCTUARY HIDDEN
DEEP IN THE JUNGLE)
Preah Khan was built
on the site of Jayavarman VII’s victory over the invading Chams in 1191.
In its heydays, this
was the centre of a substantial organization with almost 100000 officials and servants.
This temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular
galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples
and numerous later additions. With numerous trees and other vegetation growing
among the ruins, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored.
Preah Khan , for the
beguiler , the romancer and the artist, is an entrancing mastery deep in the
jungle, soft and alluring in the twilight made by heavy verdure.
LANDMARK:
The outer wall of
Preah Khan is of laterite and bears 72 garudas holding nagas, at 50m intervals.
Surrounded by a moat, it measures 800 by 70 m and encloses an area of 56
hectares (138 acres).To the east of Preah Khan is a landing stage on the edge
of the Jayakarta bary, which measured 3.5 by 0.9 km .
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