Localisation

30 km to the North of Siemreap  (Look map "Angkor complex")

Style

Angkorian Period – Mid of 10th Century

Construction - Inauguration
 

Installation of the divinities on April, 22nd 967
150 years before Angkor Wat

Initiator

Brahmin of royal descent who was spiritual teacher to Jayavarman V

Dedication

Hindouiste, Shivaïte (linga central)

Visit

1 hour at least

Caracteristics

 

• The enchanting temple of Banteay Srei is nearly everyone's favourite site. It is an exquisite miniature : the special charm of this temple lies in its excellence of preservation, small size and delicacy of its intricate decoration carved in pinkish sandstone that covers the walls like tabestry.
• Banteay Srei is routinely described as a 'precious gem' and a 'jewel of Khmer art'.
• This monument was the first one restored using the process of anastylosis
• Its name remind the André Malraux affair in 1923 (*)

Comments
 

• This enchanting temple cannot be compared to anything else. You can easily spend hours to observe in detail real lace of flowers and mythology scenes, mostly related to the Ramayana legend. (See Chapter « Religion » and « Cultural Glossary »