Cambodian said to be proud having such wonderful and thousand of temples in the whole country, most of which build before and during 14th century.
Today, our journey took place in one famous temple in Siem Reap province. The temple is called "Prasat Bakong" in Khmer "áž”្ážšាសាáž‘áž”ាáž‚áž„". Through this video clip, it provides a lot of attractive scenery with some explanation from our local guide. Historically, this temple was built earlier than the most famous Angkor Wat that's why we can see the temple hardly stands against this polluted environment. The temple need to be preserved as such inclusive participation highly recommended. Join with Cambodian and UNESCO to preserve ancient temple.Detail Description:
Bakong is located at Roluos south of Preah Ko. Enter and leave the temple at the east. A modern Buddhist temple is situated to the right of the east entrance to Bakong. It was build in late ninth century (881) by king Indravarman I dedicated to Siva (Hindu) followed Prah Ko art style.
The temple of Bakong is built on an artificial mountain and enclosed in a rectangular area by two walls. It has a square base with five tiers. The first, or outside, enclosure (not on the plan) (900 by 700 meters, 2,953 by 2,297 feet) surrounds a moat with an embankment and causeways on four sides, which are bordered by low Naga balustrades.
The second and smaller enclosure has an entry tower of sandstone and laterite in the center of each side of the wall. There were originally 22 towers inside the first enclosures. After passing through the entry tower at the east one comes to a long causeway decorated with large seven-headed serpents across a moat. Long halls on each side lie parallel to the eastern wall. They were probably rest houses for visitors.
The square-shaped base (10) has five tiers with a stairway on each of the four sides and, at the base, a step in the shape of a moonstone. Remains of a small structure can be seen at the base of the stairway fairway flanked by two sandstone blocks, which may have held sculpted figures.
Elephants successively smaller in size stand at the corners of the first three tiers of the base. The fourth tier is identified by twelve small sandstone towers, each of which originally contained a linga. The fifth tier is framed by a molding decorated with a frieze of figures (barely visible) the ones on the south side are in the best condition.
