Pre Rup
3 Tiered pyramid temple dedicated to Shiva
Three towers on the Eastern passageway
Name:Pre Rup Date:961 King:Rajendravarman II Location:South of the East baray Around 6 kilometers East of Angkor Thom Nearby:East Mebon
The Pre Rup was the state sanctuary of King Rajendravarman II. It is a mountain sanctuary work in the year 961, found only South of the substantial East baray and the East Mebon, another mountain sanctuary work by Rajendravarman II only 9 years sooner.
In the mid twentieth century the Pre Rup had been totally congested and secured with soil. The sanctuary was exhumed amid the 1930's by French conservators George Trouvé and Henri Marchal.
Ventured pyramid speaking to Mount Meru
Its structural style is fundamentally the same as that of the prior East Mebon, the significant contrast being the ventured pyramid of the Pre Rup that is lost in the East Mebon sanctuary. The laterite and block structure speaks to the five mountain pinnacles of the hallowed mountain Mount Meru, the focal point of the universe in Hindu folklore.
An engraving in the sanctuary says that the five prangs were devoted to Shiva (focal pinnacle and one of the encompassing towers), Vishnu, Parvati (the associate of Shiva) and Lakshmi (the partner of Vishnu).
The sanctuary used to be encompassed by canals. There are two walled in areas, each with a gopura entrance door at the focal point of each side. Between the external and internal nook were long lobbies of which very little remains today. They were an antecedent of the exhibitions seen in later sanctuaries.
6 extensive towers toward the East
Most striking element of the Pre Rup sanctuary are the three substantial towers on either side of the Eastern passageway, the primary passageway of the sanctuary. The principal tower to one side of the passageway is missing, despite the fact that the base is there. The pinnacle was either never manufacture or decimated and the stones utilized somewhere else later. The towers were most likely form later amid the rule of the following King, King Jayavarman V.
The focal pinnacle contains a haven room. The lintels contain Indra riding the elephant Airavata, Vishnu on Garuda (a substantial fanciful flying creature, the mount of Vishnu) and different delineations.
Internal walled in area
Simply past the Eastern entryway of the inward fenced in area are two extensive libraries, one on each side of the passageway that most likely contained Hindu statues. Between the two libraries is a three meter long structure, that imaginable filled in as a pediment for a statue, perhaps of Nandi, the hallowed bull and mount of Shiva. In the North East corner of the inward walled in area is a little laterite fabricating that has been reestablished.
Pyramid sanctuary
Three ventured pyramid
The inward fenced in area contains a three layered pyramid. On the pyramid's second level are 12 little havens assembled around the structure that each used to contain a linga, a portrayal of Shiva. At the focal point of each side of the pyramid is a stairway prompting the stage with the five towers. The stairway is protected on the two sides by lion statues.
5 Prangs on the upper stage
The upper stage contains five prangs, the biggest one in the middle, the external four littler ones on the stage's corners. Each have a passageway way toward the East and false ways to alternate bearings. Initially the towers were completely put, some of which still remains. A couple of devata statues brighten its external dividers.
The lintels contain a few portrayals, yet are in an awful condition of repair. The focal prang contains an asylum room where the most essential linga was revered. It now contains two Buddha pictures that were introduced there later.