The Khleangs
The Warehouse Temples
THE KHLEANGS
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Religion
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Religion
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Jayavarman 5th
968 - 1001
Hindu
1. It's very simple design
2. Rarely visited by visitors
968 - 1001
Hindu
1. It's very simple design
2. Rarely visited by visitors
If you look at them from the Terraces, you’ll notice that they were built to be symmetrical to each other.
Each Khleang seems to have 6 towers and a pond, and to build up on that symmetry, there’s a road in cutting through in the middle of them leading to the Victory Gate.
The Khleang from the outside
Inside the Khleang
Nobody is really sure what these buildings were used as, but Khleang means “The Warehouse Temples” or the “Temples of the Royal Treasure”. So it was probably used a storage place for some valuable things.
But
some researchers called these names inappropriate, and suggested
instead that these building were used as reception halls of some sort,
as a place to receive foreign emissaries or other diplomatic function. These two buildings were built at different times. The north Khleang was built earlier by Jayavarman 5th, and the South Khleang was built by Suryavarman 1st.
These two buildings are just that, buildings. They are not temples, but each is just like a small one story rectangular building, with large windows along the walls.
The small porches on the front and back side makes the building looks somewhat cruciform in shape, but just barely.
Although there aren’t any carvings here other than the lintels on the entrance, do visit the place. They have a different building style than the others, and their uniqueness adds to the visit.
One of Suor Prat towers seen from inside the Khleang
Where would you like to go next?
Return from The Khleangs to Angkor Thom temples, for a list of other sites that you can easily visit.Return from The Khleangs to Holiday in Angkor Wat (homepage)
