Wat Keo

With an auspicious name, Wat Keo, on the north side of Battambang city and the east side of the Sangker River, features an old pagoda that is immediately followed by a contemporary pagoda to its south. Unusually, the site is orientated to the north along a north-south axis while traditionally pagodas, and ancient temples too, are mostly orientated to the east, on an east-west axis. According to locals, the site has its roots back in the late 18th century whilst the older pagoda we see today *may* date to around the mid-1900s.

The contemporary pagoda to the south is no less of a spectacle, built in the cruciform style that is more common to the Phnom Penh area.

Rodney Charles LHuillier

Living in Asia for over a decade and now residing in beautiful Siem Reap - Contact via [email protected] - more..