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Banteay Kdei

"The citadel of chambers"

Leaving Ta Prohm by the east one can get straight to Banteay Kdei. This temple consists of concentric enclosures on a single level preceded to the east by a crossing cloister called “hall of dancers”. In a quite advanced sate of ruin, due to the numerous construction defects and to the low-grade friable sandstone, the monument is left in its ruined state although the vegetation has been entirely cleared.

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devata bas relief

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We entered the site from the west gopura of the fourth enclosure. The gopura is exactly the same as those at Ta Prohm.
The third enclosure is a reddish laterite wall surrounded by a moat. Entering from the west we cross the moat by a narrow cruciform terrace decorated with lions and naga-balustrades with garudas.

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the third enclosure

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The west gopura III, and the west gopura II are ornamented with foliated scrolls and with large devatas standing in niches. The vault of the galleries are partially collapsed.
The four gopuras of the first enclosure are linked by galleries with the corner towers. Galleries link in a cross the central sanctuary to the four gopuras.

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the third enclosure

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Further east is the so called “hall of dancers” a vast rectangle of a crossing galleries forming four small courtyards, the pillars are animated with apsaras - dancing individually or in pairs - sculpted in slight relief on the surface of the stone. Dvarapalas in bas-relief precede the entrance, surrounded by devatas.

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the hall of dancers

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Inside the east gopura III there is a statue of Buddha sitting in meditation. Sculpted on the reddish walls of the gopura apsaras and dravpals bas-reliefs and interesting frontons. One crosses the moats again on a large slightly raised cruciform terrace with naga-balustrades and lions. One leaves the site by the east gopura of the fourth enclosure, a laterite wall that used to enclose the city built around the temple. The gopura is exactly the same as those at Ta Prohm - an upper tower with the four faces of Lokesvara and corner motifs with garudas.

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