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
- Site Name: Don Chan (Pr.) Khmer Name: បា្រសាទដូនចាន់
- Reference ID: HA11595 | Posted: January 20, 2021 | Last Update: February 12th, 2023
- Other Names: Prasat Daun Chan, Pr. Don Chean, Don Chand, Dong Chan
- Tags/Group: b, Beng Mealea, Hospital Chapel, pr, Temples
- Location: Siem Reap Province > Svay Leu District > Boeng Mealea Commune > Boeng Mealea Village
- MoCFA ID: 308
- IK Number: 215
