Phimeanakas
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Phimeanakas (, Prasat Phimean Akas, 'celestial temple') or Vimeanakas (, Prasat Vimean Akas) 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 to 968), then completed by Suryavarman I in the shape of a three tier pyramid as a Hindu temple. On top of the pyramid there was a tower, while on the edge of top platform there are galleries. Phimeanakas is located inside the walled enclosure of the Royal Palace of Angkor Thom north of Baphuon.
Key facts
- Hindu temple.name
- Phimeanakas
- Hindu temple.image
- Phimeanakas, Angkor Thom, Camboya, 2013-08-16, DD 05.jpg
- Hindu temple.map_type
- Cambodia
- Hindu temple.map_caption
- Location in Cambodia
- Hindu temple.country
- Cambodia
- Hindu temple.locale
- Angkor
- Hindu temple.year_completed
- end of the 10th century
- Hindu temple.creator
- Rajendravarman
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Phimeanakas (, Prasat Phimean Akas, 'celestial temple') or Vimeanakas (, Prasat Vimean Akas) 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 to 968), then completed by Suryavarman I in the shape of a three tier pyramid as a Hindu temple. On top of the pyramid there was a tower, while on the edge of top platform there are galleries. Phimeanakas is located inside the walled enclosure of the Royal Palace of Angkor Thom north of Baphuon.
== Description == The temple was the centrepiece of Suryavarman I's capital. The buildings there from his reign are enclosed by a wall 600 by 250 m, with five gopuram, and include the Southern and Northern Khleangs.
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