BOEUNG MEALEA SIEM REAB

BOEUNG MEALEA TEMPLE

Welcom to Boeung mealea temple in siem reab province Cambodia we called Kingdom of wonder. Its name means "lotus pond" is a temple in the Angkor Wat period located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay.It is s temple in the Angkor wat style and it located 77 kilometers from Siem rieb province by road. It is the largely unrested, with trees and thick brush thriving ad midst it towers and courtyards and many of its stone lying in great heaps.For years it was dificult to reach, but a road recently built to the temple complex of koh ker passes Boeung mealea and more visitor are coming to the side.

THE TREES GROW ON THE TEMPLE 

The temple was built during the reign of king duriyavoroman 2 in the early 12th century.Smaller in size than Angkor wat ,the king's main mountain, Beng mealea nonetheess ranks among the Khmer empire's larger temples. Its primary materials is sandstone. Surrounded by moats, it is oriented toward the east but has entrance ways from the other three cardinal direction. the basic lay out is three enclosing galleries around a central sanctuary.Structure known as libraries lie to the right and left of the avenue that leads in from the east. there is extensive carving of scenes from hindu mythology,including the churning of the sea of milk and Vishnu being borne by the bird god Garuda.Causeways have long balustrades formed by bodies of the seven headed Naga serpent.It was built mostly of sandstone: Beng Mealea is only 7 km far from the angkorian sandstone quarries of Phnom Kulen, as the crow flies. Presumably sandstone blocks used for Angkor were transported along artificial water canals and passed from here.Despite of lack of information, the quality of architecture and decorations has drawn the attention of French scholars just from its discovery.Most of people visit that temple are khmer people and foreigner.