Wat Chas (Khvav, Chikreng)

Area: Siem Reap Province > Chi Kraeng District > Khvav Commune > Khvav Village
| Type: Ancient Remains & Temples

Also recorded as Chass Pagoda, it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda featuring remnants of an ancient temple. Remnants include a large collection of laterite, some shaped, gathered by a tree. Also, ancient or contemporary, what appears to be a laterite causeway leading east from the contemporary vihara and an overgrown mound of pieces. In a shrine by the east side of the pagoda, a collection of pieces, including a bollard, sema, and the arm/s of a statue. Inside the vihara, a collection of Buddhist boundary markers.

It would appear that its an ancient site that has been redeveloped in the post-Angkor era (post14/15th century) as a Thervadin Buddhist site with similarities to sites of the same era in Angkor. In the last decade, the old wooden vihara that topped the site was replaced with the pagoda we see today.

Google Maps features a Streetview image taken in 2014 showing the original pagoda where you can see the laterite terrace topped by a wooden vihara and demarcated at its corners by bollards and sema.

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*Important: mapped location may only be approximated to the district level/village only. To visit sites outside the tourist zones you should seek a local guide from the area read more.

Site Info

Site Name: Chas (V) Khmer Name: វត្តចាស់
Reference ID: HA34572 | Last Update: February 7th, 2023
Other Names: វត្តចាស់, Chass Pagoda
Tags/Group: Ancient Royal Road, pa, pr, Royal Road Beng Mealea-Preah Khan of Kampong Svay, sema, Temples, Wat
Location: Siem Reap Province > Chi Kraeng District > Khvav Commune > Khvav Village

Rodney Charles LHuillier

Living in Asia for over a decade and now residing in beautiful Siem Reap. Rodney Charles L'Huillier has spent over seven years in Cambodia and is the author of Ancient Cambodia (2024) and Essential Siem Reap (2017, 2019). Contact via [email protected] - more..