Phimeanakas

Phimeanakas

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creator = Rajendravarman
proper_name = Phimeanakas
date_built = end of the 10th century
primary_deity =
architecture =
location = Angkor, Cambodia

Phimeanakas ('celestial temple') at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the Khleang style, built at the end of the 10th century, during the reign of Rajendravarman (from 941-968), then rebuilt by Suryavarman II in the shape of a three tier pyramid as a Hindu temple. On top of the pyramid there was a tower.

According to legend, the king spent the first watch of every night with a Naga girl in the tower, during that time, not even the queen was permitted to intrude. Only in thesecond watch the king returned to his palace with the queen. If the naga who was the supreme land owner of Khmer land did not show up for a night, the king's day would be numbered, if the king did not show up, calamity would strike his land. [Zhou Daguan:The Customs of Cambodia]

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