Banteay Prei Temple
Small ring-shaped Bayon-style shrine of dry moat, carved apsaras, and an unrecorded purpose.
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This guide to Banteay Prei temple in Siem Reap centers on a puzzle unsolved since its first survey in 1904: unlike neighbors Preah Khan and Ta Prohm, this small temple built under Jayavarman VII carries no inscription naming its founder or purpose. It walks the ring-shaped layout, the naga balustrade and garuda at the crossing, and the surviving apsara and Buddhist carvings confirming it as a Mahayana shrine. Few visitors find their way here, so take a quiet moment in the empty gallery.
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