Baksei Chamkrong
Baksei Chamkrong is a small hindu temple located in the Angkor complex. It is dedicated to Shiva and used to hold a golden image of him. The temple can be seen on the left side when entering Angkor Thom at the southern gate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hindu temple
- Description: temple
- Also known as: “Prasat Baksei Chamkrong”
- Address: 13.42536, 103.85838, Kok Chan, Kok Chak, Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap province
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Angkor Archaeological Park and Angkor Wat.
Angkor Archaeological Park
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Angkor Archaeological Park, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, is one of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia.
Angkor Wat
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Angkor Wat is a Theravada Buddhist and the largest religious complex in the world. Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares within the ancient capital of Angkor, it was constructed between 1113 and 1150 CE during the reign of the Khmer king Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. Angkor Wat is situated 1½ km southeast of Baksei Chamkrong.
Phnom Bakheng
Photo: Helt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phnom Bakheng is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman. Phnom Bakheng is situated 280 metres southwest of Baksei Chamkrong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siem Reap.
Siem Reap
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The town of Siem Reap, in northern Cambodia, is the primary access point for the Angkor Archaeological Park, just north of the city. It is quite laid-back and a pleasant place to stay while touring the temples.
Baksei Chamkrong
- Categories: temple, archaeological site, geographical feature, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kouk Chak, Krong Siem Reab, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.42528° or 13° 25′ 31″ northLongitude
103.85824° or 103° 51′ 30″ eastWidth
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
7P55CVG5+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 194604371OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q789081
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Baksei Chamkrong” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Bengali: “প্রসাত বকসেই চমকরং”
- Catalan: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Chinese: “巴色占空寺”
- Croatian: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Dutch: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Dutch: “Prasat Baksei Chamkrong”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد باكسى شامكرونج”
- French: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- German: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Hungarian: “Bakszejcsamkrong”
- Indonesian: “Baksei chamkrong”
- Indonesian: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Italian: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Japanese: “バクセイ・チャムクロン”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទបក្សីចាំក្រុង”
- Korean: “박세이 참크롱”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Norwegian: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Portuguese: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Russian: “Баксей Тьямгкронг”
- Russian: “Баксэй-Тямкронг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Spanish: “Baksei Chamkrong”
- Tatar: “Баксей Чамкронг”
- Thai: “ปราสาทปักษีจำกรง”
- Thai: “ปราสาทปักษีจำกรุง”
- Thai: “ปักษีจำกรง”
- Vietnamese: “Baksei Chamkrong”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prasat Thma Bay Kaek and Bakheng Hill.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as ពិនិត្យសំបុត្រ and Lions (entrance West Gate).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Baksei Chamkrong”. Photo: Baldiri, CC BY-SA 3.0.