Prasat Kandork Yeak

Prasat Kandork Yeak

ប្រាសាទកណ្តកយក្ស

Province
Siem Reap
Period
Angkor period (802–1431 CE)
Condition
Ruined
Access
Easy access
Visited
19 October 2024
Coordinates
13.44938, 103.86123

How to find it

In Angkor Thom, in the woods east of the Terrace of the Leper King, with the other Preah Pithu temples. It is inside the Angkor park, so you need an Angkor pass. Use the coordinates on this page.

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Field notes

One of the five temples of the Preah Pithu group in Angkor Thom, just east of Prasat Daun Mea. Early archaeologists lettered the group T to Y; Kandork Yeak is temple Y. The APSARA sign at its east entrance dates it to the early 12th century.

A pediment above one of its doorways shows Krishna, and reliefs survive under the lichen.

Its foundation deposit stone lies open, a stick of incense left in one of the holes. It is in the Foundation Stones collection.

Angkor ThomPreah Pithutemple YKrishnafoundation stone

Sources

Preah Pithu (Wikipedia). Preah Pithu Group (Beyond Angkor).

Photographs

Krishna on the pediment above a doorway.
The ruins among the trees.
A tree beside a path of fallen blocks.
The courtyard.
The APSARA sign dates it to the early 12th century.
A stick of incense left in one of the holes.
A chariot wheel carved in relief.
A carved figure, spotted with lichen.
Tree roots against a wall.
The terrace and walls.
The ruins against a blue sky.
A doorway behind the trees.
Collapsed blocks.
The sun through a tree.
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