Pre Rup, is one of the mountain temples that best place for sunset that highly recommended for the visitor who with the Grand Circuit.

Pre Rup is one of the most popular sunset spots around Angkor, as the view over the surrounding rice fields of the Eastern Baray is beautiful, although some lofty trees have rather obscured it these days. It gets pretty crowded in the evening time.

Temple Info

Pre Rup is a Hindu temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction. The temple's name is a comparatively modern one meaning "turn the body". This reflects the common belief among Cambodians that funerals were conducted at the temple, with the ashes of the body being ritually rotated in different directions as the service progressed.

Temple Facts

Name: Pre Rup temple

Date: 961 or 962.
Builder: Rajendravarman
Cultures: Khmer Empire
Dedicated: to the Hindu god Shiva
Affiliation: Hinduism
Deity: Shiva

Location: It is about 1km south of the Eastern Mebon, and also about 1km from the Srah Srang or about 14.7km from Siem Reap town.


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