Phimeanakas 10th Century Hindu King Palace Tourism VR Map Links

CVW4+6HW Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia

Temple treated as a 10th Century Kings Palace Phimeanakas at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the Khleang style

Gps Coordinates / 13.4456675,103.8564323

Built at the end of the 10th century, during the reign of Rajendravarman (from 941-968), then completed by Suryavarman was king of the Khmer Empire from 1006 to 1050, defeating his armies in approximately 1002.

Link Gps Location Gps / Link Gps 13.445607 / Link Gps 13.4455901 / Link Gps 13.4454998

Gps Coordinates / 13.445607,103.856372 / 13.4455901,103.856283 / 13.4454998,103.8562661

In the shape of a three tier pyramid as a Hindu temple. On top of the pyramid there was a tower, while on the edge of top platform there are galleries. Phimeanakas is located inside the walled enclosure of the Royal Palace of Angkor Thom north of Baphuon.

The temple was the focal point of Suryavarman I's capital. The buildings there from his reign are enclosed by a wall 600 by 250 m, with five gopuram, and include the Southern and Northern Khleangs.

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Gps Coordinates / 13.4454645,103.8561485 / 13.4457385,103.8561265 / 13.4457385,103.8561265

The tower was originally crowned with a golden pinnacle, as Zhou Daguan described it in his report. According to legend, the king spent the first watch of every night with a woman thought to represent a Nāga in the tower, during that time, not even the queen was permitted to intrude. Only in the second watch the king returned to his palace with the queen. If the naga who was the supreme land owner of Khmer land did not show up for a night, the king's day would be numbered, if the king did not show up, calamity would strike his land.