- Area: Ta Keo Province > Krong Doun Kaev > Sangkat Baray > Svay Chrom Village
- | Type: Ancient Remains & Temples
Surrounded by a moat that is unusually accessed from the west, are the partially standing remains of a rectangular brick temple that is today flanked by a pagoda and monastery. It’s also called Choub Poul Temple of Wat Baray.
The brick temple is a little unusual in that it is a rectangular construction and devoid of the usual false doors and bold pilasters common to most brick temples. It opens to the east with a sandstone doorframe above which you can see a pediment formed in brick and on either side of the door embossed brickwork that perhaps once held some form of artwork in its final rendering or perhaps was never completed. You can also notice the embossed pilasters at each corner and remnants of elaborate brickwork around the base.
Inside the temple today sits an old sema stone and remnants of the pedestal that featured a spout which likely transferred water to the external spot that can still be seen in the center of the north wall of the temple.
An inscription was recorded from the doorframe and registered under K. 789 featuring 2 lines of Sanskrit recording the donation made to Hari by the Bhagavata family of Thnal Vnah, translated by Georges Coedes (IC V) while there is no date, he notes it as pre-Angkorian.
The temple is fronted on its east side by a charming old pagoda and a little further over to the west is the monastery.
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Site Info
- Site Name: Baray (V.) Khmer Name: វត្តបារាយណ៍
- Reference ID: HA12025 | Last Update: February 7th, 2023
- Other Names: Choub Poul Temple, Baray Pagoda, ប្រាសាទជប់ពល
- Tags/Group: pa, rc, sema, T4, Temples, Wat
- Location: Ta Keo Province > Krong Doun Kaev > Sangkat Baray > Svay Chrom Village
- MoCFA ID: 742
- IK Number: 16
- Inscription Number/s: K. 789
