Prasat Bat Chum

Prasat Bat Chum

ប្រាសាទបាតជុំ

Province
Siem Reap
Period
Angkor period (802–1431 CE)
Condition
Restored
Access
Easy access
Visited
4 January 2025
Coordinates
13.42577, 103.90789

How to find it

About 400 metres south of Srah Srang, in the trees. It is inside the Angkor park, so you need an Angkor pass. Use the coordinates on this page.

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Field notes

A Buddhist temple of the mid 10th century, from the reign of King Rajendravarman, about 400 metres south of Srah Srang. Three brick towers stand in a row on one terrace, inside an enclosure and a moat, entered from the east.

It was built by Kavindrarimathana, a Buddhist minister of the king, who also worked on Srah Srang and the East Mebon. Each tower carries an inscription by a different author, and each ends with a verse naming elephants as the breakers of dykes.

In October 2024 the towers were under restoration, the central one in scaffolding. By January 2025 it had come down.

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Sources

Bat Chum (Wikipedia).

Photographs

The three brick towers on their shared terrace.
The central tower, a lion beside its steps.
A guardian lion between the towers.
The steps up to the terrace.
The three towers in a single 360 view.
The whole terrace and its steps in a 360 view.
An elephant at the centre of a lintel.
A carved head on the lintel, worn soft.
The elephant from the side.
A doorway and its carved lintel.
A carved pilaster, worn away in the middle.
Between two of the towers.
A kneeling figure at the foot of a tower.
The towers along the terrace.
A tree beside the terrace.
The sun through a tree.
The towers under restoration in October 2024.
The central tower in scaffolding.
Fitting the blocks back in place.
Kala on a lintel, seated figures above.
Parked by the steps.
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