Prasat Bei

Early tenth century Hindu sanctuary involving 3 block asylums 

3 block towers of the Prasat Bei 

Name:Prasat Bei Date:Early tenth century King:Yasovarman I Location:Just South of the channel around Angkor Thom, 300 meters West of the South entryway Nearby:Baksei Chamkrong, Angkor Wat, Phnom Bakheng, Angkor Thom 

The Prasat Bei is a mid tenth century Hindu sanctuary worked by King Yasovarman I. The little sanctuary was committed to Shiva and arranged towards the East. Its name means "the three towers". 

The asylum towers are situated around 300 meters West of the South entryway, between the Phnom Bakheng sanctuary and the channel encompassing Angkor Thom. Their style helps to remember the Prasat Kravan, that has five towers worked around a similar time. 

3 asylums on a solitary laterite stage 

The Prasat Bei comprises of a line of three block towers on a solitary laterite stage. A solitary staircase before the focal pinnacle offers access to the stage, that is adjusted North South measuring 24 meters in length by 10 meters wide. The decreasing levels over the asylums are absent, with the exception of the focal pinnacle. 

The North pinnacle was never completed; the models on the lintel over the entryway is just an unpleasant framework. The lintels on the focal and South pinnacle contain delineations of Indra on the three headed elephant Airavata. The focal asylum houses a linga set on a platform. 

Reestablished by EFEO 

The sanctuary was cleared by Henri Marchal in the 1910's and reestablished by the EFEO in 1960.