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A foreigner in AsiaAngkor Neak Pean Surrounded By An Artificial Lake
Neak Pean is a temple you can visit through the circuit called “big tour” suggested by the Cambodian tuk-tuk.
Wikipedia has the following description for this temple:
“…Neak Pean (“The entwined serpents”) at Angkor, Cambodia is an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Preah Khan Baray built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII...”
The Tourism of Cambodian website adds the following:
“…Neak Pean is one of the temples that make one dream of the olden days of luxury and beauty. It was worth while to the overpowering temples of Civa that men and armies repaired; but it was at the tiny temple of Neak Pean that eager princesses laid their lovely offerings of wrought gold and pungent perfumes.
Prasat Neak Pean is located in the east of Prah Khan, 300 meters (984 feet) from the road. A enter and leave from the north entrance. It was built in second half of the 12th century by king Jayavarman VII, dedicated to Buddhist, with following to Prasat Bayon art style…”
I’ve found a nice videos on the internet showing the temple:
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