photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Nick De Marco | profile | all galleries >> Previous Work >> Cambodia Galleries >> Cambodia March 2007 >> Temples of Angkor >> Banteay Srei tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Banteay Srei

Some consider this small remote temple to be the pinnacle of Hindu art and architecture in Angkor. It is built from a redish-pinkish sandstone which appears magnifcent in the sunlight. The carvings are amongst the most delicate you can see in Angkor.

Construction began in 987 AD, and it is one of th few temples in Angkor not to have been constructed by a King, but by a Brahman, thought to have been a tutor of Jayavarman V.
Delicate carvings
Delicate carvings		 Woman in the doorway
Woman in the doorway		 Doorway after doorway
Doorway after doorway		 Decoration on a column
Decoration on a column
Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship		 Temple
Temple		 Man at Banteay Srei
Man at Banteay Srei		 Towers
Towers
Wide shot
Wide shot		 Stone with a story
Stone with a story		 The colours of stone
The colours of stone		 A beautiful door frame
A beautiful door frame
Black & White detail
Black & White detail		 Columns of pink stone
Columns of pink stone		 Towers in the background
Towers in the background		 Hat
Hat
Banteay Srei - over a moat
Banteay Srei - over a moat		 Temple in Black & White
Temple in Black & White		 Banteay Srei in the background
Banteay Srei in the background		 Crack in the wall
Crack in the wall

comment | share
Susan Kim 30-Nov-2008 15:43
This was my favorite temple in Angkor. I am still hoping to visit there again. Thanks and I loved your works,

Susan
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
click on thumbnails for full image