Prasat Kravan
Prasat Kravan is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu in the Angkor Archaeological Park , Cambodia . It was built in the style of Koh Ker (921–944) and inaugurated in 921. Prasat Kravan is one of the last large brick buildings and still belongs to an art movement started by Indravarman I. Prasat Kravan can be translated as "sanctuary of cardamom, " which suggests that the temple was named after a tree that stood there.
Prasat Kravan consists of five cella , which stand side by side on a plinth facing north-south. All five sanctuaries are open to the east, with the superstructure only preserved in the middle and the southern one. He has several reliefs and remains of a painting. The tower sanctuaries of the Indravarman era usually have no interior decoration, but the Prasat Kravan is an exception, the middle tower has reliefs inside that were carved directly into the masonry. The reliefs show several representations of Vishnu and in the north tower of Lakshmi , Vishnu's wife. There is even a twin facility ( Prasat Neang Khmau ) south of Phnom Penh in Takeo Province.
literature
- Jürgen Bergmann, Berthold Schwarz, Annaliese Wulf: Cambodscha Laos Nelles Guide, 2006, ISBN 3-88618-796-9
- Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: Ancient Angkor (2nd edition). River Books, Bangkok 2003, ISBN 974-8225-27-5 , pp. 152-154.
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Coordinates: 13 ° 25 ′ 11 " N , 103 ° 53 ′ 58.7" E