Wat Ek Pnom
Arranged around 10 km north of the Cobra Bridge are the remains of Ek Phnom. It was worked amid the Bayon period and lamentably is much more terrible for the wear than Phnom Banan.It?s an intriguing spot, nonetheless, in light of the fact that there is a crisply built working sanctuary directly before the vestiges. This sanctuary, alongside the sanctuary remnants, is the focal point of occasion merriments for the general population of the close-by town. They spruce up in their Sunday best and have a festival between the old and the new sanctuaries and climb all around the remnants with their families. The remnants are on a little slope so there is no workout included in review them a great part of the sanctuary is in shambles and was intensely plundered. There are still some sitting Buddha pictures in place higher up on the dividers. Within is a cutting of a pull of-war with members pulling ceaselessly on a serpent. The members on the left have lost their heads to plunderers (they lost face), with the folks on the right as yet having their heads in place.
Ek Phnom is likewise simple to get to-simply travel north on the River (Road 1) somewhat more than 10 km (the street north of the Cobra Bridge snakes around a bit, yet does a reversal to the stream). As you are drawing near to the sanctuary, you will disregard a little solid scaffold. The street past will veer off to one side, however the advanced sanctuary arrives to one side. Enter the new sanctuary grounds and the remains are situated to the back. Once more, a round-trek moto-taxi is around 120 baht from Battambang.
Wat Ek Phnom is 11km from Battambang?s ship arriving by the most brief course and 21km in the event that you go by means of the Pepsi plant and Pheam Ek. Consolidating both makes for a decent 32km circuit.
Wat Ek Phnom an environmental, mostly given way, eleventh century sanctuary arranged 11km north of Battambang, measures 52m by 49m and is encompassed by the remaining parts of a laterite divider and an antiquated baray (repository). A lintel demonstrating the Churning of the Ocean of Milk can be seen over the east access to the focal sanctuary, whose upper flanks hold some fine bas-reliefs.
Development of the mammoth Buddha statue adjacent has been halted by the administration since, they say, it damages the site's ageless magnificence. This is an exceptionally prevalent outing and journey destination for Khmers at celebration times.
13km north of Battambang is Wat Ek Phnom, an amazing however greatly broken down sanctuary arranged beside an expansive lake and is behind a contemporary 28m high Buddha statue. Worked amid the eleventh century, as far as anyone knows in 1029 under the rule of King Sorayak Varman II (1002-1050), today it has been for the most part lessened to destroys and guests need to move over fallen workmanship and colossal squares of stone with a specific end goal to cross the grounds. In light of this, and its serene setting, Wat Ek Phnom is an absolute necessity for anybody going by the Battambang range as it really gives you the feeling that you are finding an overlooked sanctuary.
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