Preah Ko
Preah Ko | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
Deity | Shiva |
Location | |
Location | Hariharalaya, Roluos |
Country | Cambodia |
Geographic coordinates | 13°20′38″N 103°58′22″E / 13.34389°N 103.97278°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Khmer |
Creator | Indravarman I |
Completed | 879 A.D. |
Preah Ko (
Etymology
Preah Ko (Sacred Bull) derives its name from the three statues of sandstone located in the front of and facing the temple's central towers.: 60–61
History
After the Khmer king
Khmer empire in 802 A.D., he finally established his capital at Hariharalaya, where he died.[4]: 102–103 Indravarman I was the nephew of Jayavarman II. When he ascended to the throne, he ordered the construction first of Preah Ko, which was dedicated in 879, and later of the temple-mountain known as the Bakong. It is likely that this building program was made possible by the king's peaceful reign and his ability to draw income from the expanding empire. A restoration of the towers took place in early 1990s, financed by German government.[5]
Site
Preah Ko consists of six brick towers arranged in two rows of three towers each perched on a sandstone platform. The towers face east, and the front central tower is the tallest. The sanctuaries are dedicated to three divinized forefathers of Indravarman and their respective wives. The front central tower is dedicated to
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See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Preah Ko.
- Legend of Preah Ko Preah Keo
- Roluos (temples)
- Angkor
- Architecture of Cambodia
- Hariharalaya
- Bakong
- Lolei
Footnotes
- ^ a b art-and-archaeology.com
- ^ Canby Publications
- ISBN 9781842125847
- ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
- ^ autoriteapsara.org
- ^ Ohio State University Archived 2006-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 9786167339443
References
- Freeman, Michael; Jacques, Claude (2006). Ancient Angkor. River Books. ISBN 974-8225-27-5.
- Falser, Michael S. (2006). The Pre-Angkorian Temple of Preah Ko. Bangkok: White Lotus Publication. ISBN 978-974-480-085-5.
- Glaize, Maurice (2003) [1993, First published 1944]. Tremmel, Nils (ed.). The Monuments of the Angkor Group (PDF) (based on the 4th ed.). Retrieved 2009-08-01.