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 Two
symmetrical shrines,
Thom Manon and Chau
Say _ alike in
design and structure
and twins also in
ruin.
Chau
Say Tevoda is
located in east of
the Gate of Victory
of Angkor Thom,
across the road
south from Thommanon,
500metres
(1,640feet) off the
road. A enter and
leave Chau Say
Tevoda by the north
entrance. It was
built in the end of
the 11th
century-first half
of the 12th century
by king Suryavarman
II in Hindu with
following Angkor Wat
style art.
Background
Chau Say Tevoda and
Thommanon are two
small monuments
close together (on
the left and right
sides of the road)
and similar in plan
and style. Although
the precise dates of
these monuments are
unknown, they belong
to the best period
of classic art
stylistically and
represent two
variations of a
single theme of
composition. Chau
Say Tevoda has
deteriorated more
than Thommanon.
Layout
Chau Say Tevoda is
rectangular in plan,
with a Central
Sanctuary opening to
east, an enclosing
wall with an entry
tower in the middle
of the enclosing
wall at the east
entrance.
Walking towards the
ten\mple one can see
traces of a moat and
vestiges of a
laterite base of an
enclosing wall.
Entry Towers
The entry towers (1)
are mostly
demolished except
for traces of the
bases and stair ways
with sculpted steps.
A raised causeway
(3) on three rows of
octagonal supports
(later than the
monument) and a
terrace link the
east entry tower to
a nearby river to
the east.
Pediments
At
the south of the
passage a scene
depicts the combat
of Sugriva and Vali,
at the north of the
passage (East Side)
the reliefs include
monkeys, Siva and
Parvati on a bull,
and apsaras.
Central Sanctuary
A long room with a
porch (4) precedes
the square Central
Sanctuary (5)
connecting it with
the east entry tower
by a passage raised
on three rows of
columns of which
only traces remain.
This long room is
covered with a
pattern of flowers
inscribed in squares
and sculpted with
stone flowers such
as are seen at
Banteay Srei and
Baphuon. The three
false doors of the
Central Sanctuary
are decorated with
foliage and columns
with diamond-shaped
patterns (lozenges)
and flowers (on the
left); human figures
accentuate some of
the bands of foliage
in the columns. |
