Ta Prohm Kil Temple

Date: the end of 12^th century 1186

King: Jayavarman VII

Religion: Buddhism

Art-style: Bayon Temple

Clearance work by Mr. Henri Marchel 1919

(Ta Prohm Kil is derived from the word Ta, Prohm and Kil. Ta refers to a grandfather, an old man. Prohm is a four-faced god, in both Brahmanism and Buddhism. Kil is derived from the Sanskrit word Kil, meaning Sarsar Khearn used to demarcate border). This small ruined-sandstone temple was one of the 102 hospitals chapels built by King Jayavarman VII all over the empire, the temple is consisted a single tower with one door-way opened to the east direction and 3 more doors are false-doors. The decoration of this temple is in Bayon style that you could see some Devatas figures are on the corners, and according to Mr. George Soedes (French man) had mentioned that the monument is associated with the legend of Pona-Krek a beggar who was a paraplegic was cured at this site by the god Indra. This legend is supported by the discovery of the stone stele which depicting the Indra’s horse took his into air and later he got cured from paraplegic.