Siem Reap : Pre Rup Temple

Pre Rup Temple iPre Rup Temple is located approximately 2,300 meters from the Great and Small Vong roads of the Angkor area in Siem Reap, at the Srah Srang corner of the Keng Kach road to the north and approximately 500 meters south of the southern part of the Baray to the east, at kilometer marker 16. Pre Rup Temple was built in the late 10th century in 961 CE by King Rajendravarman II, known as "Siva Lok", to dedicate it to Hinduism. Pre Rup Temple was dedicated with a Shiva lingam for the reign of Rajendravarman in 961 CE by King Kamrang Teng Aung Srei Rajendravarman Dev. Pre Rup Temple is a mountain temple built to dedicate it to Hinduism. This temple was built after the Mebon Temple, but this temple is identical to the Mebon Temple in that it was built as a mountain temple with protruding galleries from the time of construction and is arranged in long rooms, sloping downwards. According to the Minister of Archaeology of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, the inscriptions of the Prerub Temple clearly indicate the time of construction and the dynasty of King Rajendravarman, who built a lingam named Rajendravarman at the central temple, and also indicated by the statues of the king at the corners of the temple, which are all related to Hinduism. The Prerub Temple is generally defined as a place for cremation or the transformation of the body from a corpse into ashes. This name is because it is believed that a rectangular basin made of sandstone, decorated in front of the stairs to the upper tower, is the coffin for the king's body and is cremated there. When the body is cremated to ashes and bones, it can also be collected and washed at an open tower with a conical roof made of sandstone with four pillars facing northeast. Inside the tower, there is a sandstone panel in the form of a square marble with a water spout. However, the above perception of the locals is incorrect. The locals also claim that the coffin is a base for the statue of the Konit, which is the vehicle of the god Isa, because the temple was built to offer offerings to the god Isa in the Hindu religion, while the marble-shaped base is actually the vagina of Queen Uma for the Shiva Linga of the god Isa.