Also recorded as Prasat Daun Chan and Dong Chan, it is located around 400m to the southwest of the western entrance of Beng Mealea Temple. It features an outer laterite enclosure wall with a single cruciform entrance pavilion (gopura) on the eastern side and a single shrine with a library building in the southeast corner. It is regarded as being one of the “hospital chapels” built under the reign of King Jayavarman VII (1181-1218 AD). It appears to have had a basin on its northeast side and perhaps one opposite on the south.
Numerous remnants of carved art can be seen, all fragmented, some seemingly unique as is common with regional temples. In Lajonquire’s visit in the early 1900s, he mentions several lintels but these were not seen, perhaps overturned or in storage somewhere. The central shrine is constructed of sandstone, quite decayed as was also reported in the 1900s and never completely finished.
Layout (via EFEO Banyan)
Note: The site is accessed by a trail that leads around the monastery on its west side and then its north side leading east to the temple site with a short walk across the fields. Nearby is Ta Phou Temple.
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Site Info
- Reference ID: HA11595 | Last Update: January 7th, 2026
- Site Name: Don Chan (Pr.) | Khmer: បា្រសាទដូនចាន់
- Other Names: Prasat Daun Chan, Pr. Don Chean, Don Chand, Dong Chan, Daun Chan (Pr.), Pr. Dong Chan., Prasat Dong Chan, Prasat Daun Chan
- Location: Siem Reap Province > Svay Leu District > Boeng Mealea Commune > Boeng Mealea Village
- Inventaire Khmer IK: 215
- MoCFA/EFEO Inventory - CISARK: 308
- Monuments Historiques - MH: 302
- Jean Boulbet Inventaire - JB: 258
- Tags/Group: 1926MH, Aymonier, b, Beng Mealea, Hospital Chapel, JB, Lajonquiere, MH, pr, Temples
Historical Inventories of Don Chan (Pr.)
- 1900, E. Aymonier, Le Cambodge, Tome I, pg. 458 (Site Name: Prasat Daun Chan, mentioned under Le groupe de Běng Méaléa, les constructions des abords le grand temple Region: Chikreng)
- 1902, E. Lunet de Lajonquière, Inventaire descriptif des monuments du Cambodge, Tome I, pg. 285 (IK #: 215 Site Name: Prasat Dong Chan Region: Chikreng, Kompong Thom)
- 1926, Liste des Monuments Historiques, #: 302 Site: Pr. Dong Chan. - Sandstone sanctuary and annexes. Region: Chikreng
- 1979, Boulbet, Le Phnom Kulen et sa région carte et commentaire Jean Boulbet (JB#: 258 Site Name: Daun Chan (Pr.))
