MYSTERY OF NEAK PEAN TEMPLE

                

   MYSTERY OF NEAK PEAN TEMPLE 

Baray Pean has a fantastic location in the middle "neck" (Jayatataka) Baray, which has a width of 900 mm and a length of 3,500 mm. The temple is built on a single axis to Preah Khan. It was built on the artificial island, which is 350 per corner and stairs laterite and receipt. Wall with a length of 340 mm in the corner was built around the castle. Small elephant statue was found in the present, in every corner, but none of the other remaining spot.
Pean temple with a pond five four small ponds around a large pond in the middle. It provides a refreshing Tour to tourists because of its unique features. The belief that a place dedicated to the Buddha, who postponed retirement vra As the Kurundi drinks.
The central temple sits on the axis of the cross-shaped pools or showers. The first name that is known is her kingdom as Rajasri Pean called modern era, which means "dragon surrounded" the dragon surrounding the temple.

According to the words of George Cœdès ,, Finot, and Victor Goloubew given the hypothesis that the "big pond middle of the pond is a representative anovotabt holy pond at Mount Meru-centric world. Pond, gave birth to the four major rivers talisman: the Ganges, river Brahma Son, the river, the river all the staffs and the pool has a size of 25 mm. In one corner, which at Pean set image comes representing these rivers and statues are representative item four: 'Water, land, fire, and wind' (Water represented by Elephant in the north, theatokhyal represented by the heads of the horses in the west, fire represented by the heads of lions in the south, and the elements represented by the heads of people in the east). Anovotabt pond is filled with hot water emerged from the ground and was very respected in India for the power of the water kerok.
According to the inscription of Preah said Pean as "a mystical island with other islands beauty pop up and wash the mud doubt all of you come here to go with me." Bethesda, there are four, and all water spray heads they carved human heads and other animals are thought to have healing properties. This makes us suspect that the island Pean minute treatment or may be used where sins. The suspect is also in line with sculpture avloketesvar where Tep save beings. Moreover, there is carving its position as a horse to save the merchant ship ogress feed.
Sacred water flowing out of the transfer connection from the big pond drainage and drainage transfer four different features are:
- North: Elephant's head.
- South: Lion's head.
- East: a human head.
- West: A horse's head.
Four small roof slope dome decorated with lotus position.
Bethesda North Bethesda for lotthipreahma they assume that the water from the Elephant River Ganges for sins email.
East Pond pond flowing river Brahma son. It is believed that the water flowing from the head help increase the power of wisdom as a female Bodhisattva brachnha_barmitea name and purity.
South Pond represent female power represents the power of the king. Want Ranariddh power battle to succeed them in the pond south pond river staffs and why they create staffs and rivers and head lion because the lion was born in hell Trai. Tor was born out of the flames of anger swept deity form a lion as Tunisia policies. Drink from the lion head believed to get the power and blessings of goddess Tunisia policies that she killed the giant buffalo head violently materials.

Western pond drink from the heads of the horses they believe will get the power immortality vast power of preahpeay because this horse was born in hell tevlok Vishnu gave preahpeay vehicles. Lake west flowing rivers.
Meanwhile, from the central tower is open to the east, while the other three corners are blocked by the absence statue swap talo honor and small reliefs of elephants on each side. On the pediments of the tower has a description of the Buddha's life:
- East pediments: Buddha hair.
- Western pediments: Buddha receive protection from goddess mouch talents.
- North pediments: Buddha left his palace.
- South pediments: Buddhist meditation under the Bodhi.
Tower central've broken by oak be lightning fell in 1935, and then to the central tower is Mr Maurice Glaize repair, rebuilt in 1938, and Mr. Henri Marchal as France worked cleaning the temple the whole year 1922-1924, including the courtyard and the complex as a whole.
The central tower body goddess two (index and Appendix Index) chhvay foundation cords around the island, and the tail of the dragon ptthopn west assumption called the temple said Pean. Special characters in the big pond, horse chamleaklot swimming refers to the islands as well as the entire image to hold its horses. This horse is a virtual absence talo honor swap to save the merchant ship called dry and his colleagues from the evil one. They sank ships in Sri Lanka and is as fodder by the ogress who has the longest fangs.