Wat Serei Sakor
Contemporary monastery and pagoda in Ksach Kandal. If you head along the river here you can come across some brick kilns that apparently have been operating there for as long as people can remember.
A map of Wats and Pagodas in Cambodia including those visited and planning to visit. For the most part, these are pagodas connected with ancient sites and those visited along the journey in between. It’s a relatively small map considering that according to the Ministry of Cults and Religion (via Khmer Times), Cambodia has 5,104 Buddhist pagodas with 70,905 monks!
Contemporary monastery and pagoda in Ksach Kandal. If you head along the river here you can come across some brick kilns that apparently have been operating there for as long as people can remember.
Built upon a wide low rise, Wat Sithor is an important site in the Middle Ages history of Cambodia but also the location of an ancient site dating to the tenth century. The monastery grounds feature a collection of quite old stupas, one quite prominently on the western side of the pagoda with a smaller … Read more
Also recorded as Wat Sleng, it is a contemporary monastery with two pagoda, one very recent and the other dating to 1852 that houses remains of a much older ancient site. Those remains are numerous, including lintels, caitya, boundary markers, sema stones, and pedestals of diverse eras. Four of the lintels are set into the … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda that features in pop culture, located just north of the heart of Battambang city, and west of the river. The grounds are quite nice, and large, featuring numerous shrines along with some older colonial-style annex buildings. Photos from a visit in 2022
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the beautiful village of Chi Kreang.
Also recorded as Wat Slaeng, a contemporary monastery and pagoda where ancient relics were found.
A small, contemporary monastery and pagoda located just east of the Sangker River, north of central Battambang city.
A well-kept contemporary monastery and pagoda also houses a small collection of ancient temple remnants that may originate from nearby archeological sites. Remnants include two fragments of pink sandstone decorated door columns, a collection of older sema stones, and what may have been a sema pedestal.
A contemporary monastery and a very beautiful pagoda located just to the southeast of Wat Phnom Ek and around 7km north of central Battambang city on the west bank of the Prek Daun Teav (Daun Teav stream). It was built in the Battambang style of the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Inside, it features beautiful classical-style … Read more
A contemporary monastery and pagoda built top an ancient site, still surrounded in part by the original moat. Around the grounds, four sandstone pedestals of different configuration can be seen. A large sandstone crown ornament that once would have topped a temple tower temple. The old monks quarters, a wood slat building, and a bird … Read more
A contemporary monastery and pagoda with a large stupa shrine, both the pagoda and stupa are somewhat unique and constructed in recent decades.
Also recorded as Wat Sopheas Raingsey, it’s a contemporary monastery and pagoda that houses numerous remnants of a 7th-century pre-Angkorian temple site/s. The remnants include lintels, an inscribed stele, and several sandstone plinths, all concreted onto a platform, perhaps for their own security. A pedestal and a lion’s head can also be seen nearby. Inscription … Read more
Contemporary monastery where the four ancient sites are recorded inc. Tuol Yeay Tep, Tuol Kantruoy Ma, and two vihara featuring laterite and sandstone remnants along with sema stones.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda, of Battambang style with a porched roof, also featuring two grand, tall pavilions. Located in the northeast of Battambang city and on the west bank of the Sangker River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the east bank of the Stoeung Chinit River in Kampong Thom. It features a beautiful gate that faces the river and a fragment of an old votive stupa perhaps indicating there was a pagoda that preceded the one we see today.
Also known as Wat Phnom Sor Sear or Phnom Sasear, it features a Buddhist Wat (monastery) and pagoda (contemporary temple) along with a beautiful mountain eco-attraction featuring wondrous trails leading through a cave network. The bell-shaped stupa at this site dates back to the 1960s. There is a guide map at the site but the … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in Thmor Koul, Battambang Province Update: on a revisit in late 2023 (see here) we noticed there are some red sandstone doorframes from an ancient temple
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the northern side of Phnom Penh featuring several monumental Buddha statues.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda housing a collection of remnants from ancient temples sites. In the surrounding area there are several recorded archaeological sites inc. Don Tea, Kok Phnov, and Ta Chin. The collection features numerous pedestals, a pediment fragment, a colonette, and several temple crowns. All by appearances dating to around the 11th century. There … Read more
A beautiful contemporary monastery and pagoda located in Ta Chou Village, Kandal Province.
A well-kept contemporary monastery, also known as Sovannkha Sattharam Pagoda, features several stupas and colorful gigantic sculptures. It’s also recorded as housing remnants from the nearby ancient ruins of Preah Srok.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located west of Phnom Toch in Mongkol Borei District. Photos: Red Dot Tour Feb 2022
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the northern region of Lvea Em district nearby the Mekong River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda in Ksach Kandal. It is well kept monastery also featuring the remnants of older stupa.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda housing a seemingly ancient boundary marker
A contemporary monastery that features several large buildings constructed in Angkorian style along with a monumental gate with smiling faces and a causeway lined with Devas and Asuras.