Date: the end of 9th century and 13the century
King: Yasovarman I and Jayavarman VII
Religion: Buddhism
This building was erected at the end of the 9th century and was completed in the end
of 12th by the king
Yasovaraman I and the king Jayavarman VII to dedicated to Buddhist. Now
Tep-Pranam is a site of the Theravada Buddhist worship, the presence of the
Buddhist monks and nuns in this temple give it a feeling and active place of
worship and this site which was formerly the Buddhist monastery which
associated with king Yasovarman I dating the end of 9th century.
There is a causeway made of laterite leading to the
monastery (measurement 8m wide by 75m long) and at the end of this causeway
there is an terrace with double Sema (means Buddhist boundary markers at the
corners and the axes, nearby there is another square platform 30m on each side
with wooden building and the large seated Buddha on the lotus pedestal,
probably this Buddha was made in later on 16th – 17th century?) when the country became
Theravada Buddhism. And just behind this Buddha there is another standing
Buddha with 4m high but the head was copy.
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