Thursday, August 13, 2015

BANTEAY SREI TEMPLE < Great depth carving >


The Most greatest and wonderful very depth carving temple in Angkor Area
This temple it called < BANTEAY SREI >

Banteay Srei temple locate 37 Km North of Siem Reap Town, located northeast of Siem Reap town.
you can travel to this temple by Tuk Tuk or Car as you like took around 1 hour to get there.

On the way Also seeing the rural communities was nearly as interesting.
While you're there, Let spend some time in the Preah Dak village on the way to Banteay srei temple ,
Preah Dak village is a great place and one of very famous place to enjoy traditional Cambodian noodles in the morning,
shop for baskets and other handicrafts, or watch them make palm sugar.

Banteay srei is the older temple in Angkor area,
Banteay srei mean < The citadel of women>,

Built in 967 by the King Jayavarman V as a Hidu temple dedicated to the Shiva god.
very amazing built by the red sand stone and depth carving, It is the most best masterpiece in the Angkor ruins.
the temple was rediscovered in 1914 and 10 years later It was reconstructed using the method of
anastylosis by French conservator Henri Marchal during the 1930’s.
now the Banteay Srei is a very well preserved monument.
Its exquisite ornamentation that cover most of the temple show great skill and precision,

The temple is very small but it`s The greatest temple,so many people wish to see it,
so it`s crowed every day in the morning,
that why best time to see the this temple, I would like to introduce you at afternoon,
not many people and you could spend a slow time for your value trip in that,

If you are in Siem Reap please never miss it,







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