Wat Ek Phnom Temple

Wat Ek Phnom Temple

  Wat Ek Phnom Temple

 

Date:                                Built in early elevenfth centuryReligion:                          HinduismKing:                                Soryavarman I (1002-1049)

Posthumous Name:     Paramanirvanapada  

Wat Ek Phnom Temple locates 14km far from Battambang Provincial town. This temple was built in AD 1027, during the reign of king Suryavarman I. There are 18 Banyan trees around the temple. Outside the temple to the south, there was a moat that is now a pond.