Prasat Ku Suan Taeng, Ban Mai Chai Phot, Buriram
Prang Ku Suan Taeng is an ancient Khmer art site. It consists of 3 castles built of bricks, arranged in a north-south direction on the same laterite base. All buildings face east. There is only one entrance. The other 3 sides are built smoothly and solidly, looking like closed doors, called false doors. The main castle is large and has a square plan with a projecting porch in front. The pediments above the false doors on all 3 sides are projecting and supported by stone slabs.
Archaeologists estimate that this prang is approximately 1,000 years old. The central main prang has a lintel in the shape of Shiva Nataraja and other gods playing music, such as Phra Nala playing a drum, Phra Phrom playing cymbals, Phra Uma holding a cane with human legs, etc. The lintels on other sides are carved in the shape of various mythological figures, such as Narayana reclining on the ocean, Kumara Vatara, the churning of the ocean of milk, Vamana Avatar, Phra Indra on Erawan, and the gods on the top of the crown, etc. Unfortunately, some of the lintels were stolen and sold abroad, but some were recovered. Currently displayed at Phimai National Museum, Nakhon Ratchasima Province
Prang Ku Suan Taeng is a building where Hindu religious activities were held since the reign of King Jayavarman II. However, when King Jayavarman VII came to be a follower of Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana sect, this prang became a place for Buddhist religious activities instead. This prang was registered as an ancient site on March 8, 1935.
Location: Ban Dong Yang, Ku Suan Taeng Subdistrict, Ban Mai Chai Phot District, Buriram Province
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