Date: late 10th century to the early 11th century
King: Jayavarman V (968-1001)
And Suryavarman I (1002-1050)
Religion: Hinduism (dedicated to god Shiva)
Style: Khleangs
Clearance work by Mr. Henri Marchal (1920-1920)
Ta Keo Temple is one of the largest monuments in the Angkor
Park which was never finished and the reason is still unknown. One theory
suggests that the temple was struck by lightning. This temple separated from
the other monuments in the Angkor group because of the decoration and
especially the 5 towers were made of granite which is brittle than another. One
said all the 5 towers were originally covered by coating of copper. But today
nothing left and referring to the sandstone inscription was found in the temple
had mentioned the temple named Hemasringagiri that means the mountain with
golden peaks.
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Ta Keo Temple had a rectangular plan and stood on a high base with 5 levels supported the 5 square towers, 4 towers at the corner and 1 tower in the center of the plan, and it has a steep stairway on each side of the 4 side on the base. The temple was originally surrounded by a moat but now dries up (measurement 195m wide by 255m long), there are 2 sandstone gallery walls stood on the first and the second level enclosed the temple (the first level 106m wide by 122m long and 2.3m in height, the second level is 75m wide by 80m long and 5.5m in height). Well it is possible to go up by any stairway but the steps is steep, on the top you could see the beautiful landscape and also the summit of the Angkor Wat emerges from the jungle as well, sometimes it is a good place to see sunset because less crowd.
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