Tep Pranam
Prasat Tep Pranam
East entrance and the central sanctuary
ProvinceSiem Reap
Location
LocationAngkor Thom
CountryCambodia
Tep Pranam is located in Cambodia
Tep Pranam
Location in Cambodia
Geographic coordinates13°26′54″N 103°51′27″E / 13.44833°N 103.85750°E / 13.44833; 103.85750
Architecture
CompletedCirca 16th century

Tep Pranam (Khmer: ប្រាសាទទេពប្រណម្យ) is a temple with a giant seated Buddha, built from sandstone blocks is still worshiped here. The interior of the figure re-uses many stone blocks while the head appears somewhat later.

Plan

To the north of the Terrace of the Leper King and the Royal palace, the image is approached from the east along a 75m laterite causeway, 8m wide. This causeway ends on the west in a terrace with double sema (Buddhist boundary markers) at the corners and on the axes. The building housing the image would have been in wood, long since disappeared and was constructed on a cruciform foundation.[1]

References

  1. Ancient Angkor guide book, by Michael Freeman and Claude Jacques, p.114, published in 2003.


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