Mangalartha
Mangalartha was the last construction started in Angkor . It is only preserved as a ruin and is located in Angkor Thom south of the road leading to the Victory Gate.
Mangalartha was built in the Bayon style in 1295 under the reign of Jayavarman VIII . It consists of a small sanctuary, which stands on a broad foundation. It is dedicated to the brahmin and scholar Jayamangalartha. Scattered around the sanctuary are several gable panels that depict , among other things, the resting Vishnu and a myth from the Puranas . According to this tradition, Vishnu in his fifth incarnation as a small vamana measures all three worlds by means of three steps and thus outwits the demonic king Bali .
The French architect Henri Marchal , who researched Angkor on behalf of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and conserved the buildings, freed Mangalartha from the vegetation in 1924 and carried out the first conservation work.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Marilia Albanese: Angkor . National Geographic Art Guide. Ed .: National Geographic Society . G + J / RBA GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-937606-77-4 , p. 204 (Italian: I tesori di Angkor . Translated by Wolfgang Hensel).
- ↑ Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: Ancient Angkor . 2nd Edition. River Books Ltd, Bangkok 2003, ISBN 974-8225-27-5 , pp. 120 (English).
- ^ Maurice Glaize: Les Monuments du groupe d'Angkor . 4th edition. Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-7200-1091-X , p. 129 (French, 285 p., Translation by Nils Tremmel into English [PDF; 8.0 MB ; accessed on August 11, 2011] First edition: Portail, Saigon 1944).
Coordinates: 13 ° 26 '37.6 " N , 103 ° 52' 4.1" E