Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Thailand News and Discussion Forum | ASEANNOW

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Khmer castle or Prasat in Thailand

Featured Replies

Was looking after that line but didn't see it, so ...

There are many Prasat in E-San not only in Surin , Sri Saket and Buriram provinces ;

we have some in Sakon Nakhon , Udon Thani, Nakhon Phanom provinces

I begin with the most beautiful ( for me ) :

Phanom Rung in Buriram province , not far from Nang Rong which is on road 24

The camera is a Nikon E4500 - photos shots in june 2009 - retouched pictures with FastStone

21124627324_d70aa420da_b.jpg

21721232346_945a9a5a3d_b.jpg

21735707332_5b84bbf24a_b.jpg

21560445869_67faaf5d58_b.jpg

  • Author

Phanom Rung

21721249806_533170b10f_b.jpg

21747352135_36afb5c338_b.jpg

21756690551_ac08c203a6_b.jpg

21735692872_12e0acf376_b.jpg

21126397603_a31a785357_b.jpg

  • Author

Phanom Rung again and end for it

21559521568_9174b9b29a_b.jpg

21559374440_cb5f78e78f_b.jpg

Prasat Muang Tham, not far from the Phanom Rung

21743454825_bb78444ab7_b.jpg

21555453710_53bfa2fd54_b.jpg

21743431415_d8c77f37fc_b.jpg

21555413750_892a41203a_b.jpg

21555474190_48ce52dc09_b.jpg

  • Author

Not far from Sawang Daen Din in Sakon Nakhon province ; Prasat Khom , at about 500 meters from the main road 22

21211995583_7ae76f776b_b.jpg

21645981709_3fc38de454_b.jpg

21821060472_a33c4b8b3a_b.jpg

21842602291_9f51f1ed1b_b.jpg

21842580161_d7fa02b324_b.jpg

Not much left from Prasat Khao Lohn, Sa Kaeo.

Just a single Prang

post-95325-14436713271923_thumb.jpg

post-95325-14436713851425_thumb.jpg

post-95325-14436714533469_thumb.jpg

Prang Sam Yot, Lopburi

post-95325-14436731558593_thumb.jpg

Prasat Mueang Sing, Kanchanaburi.

Western outpost of the Khmer Kingdom.

post-95325-14436762368871_thumb.jpg

post-95325-14436764461539_thumb.jpg

  • Author

Thank you Chonburiram; especially the last ones in Kanchanaburi;

I went there many times but don't know where are my photos ;

lost in Bruges, maybe cheesy.gif ;

That Prasat is very close the railway line going to Sai Yok; maybe one kilometer from Tham Krasae cave and train station .

  • Author

Not far from Sakon Nakhon, on a little road between main road 213 ( Sakon to Kalasin ) and road 22 ( Sakon to Udon Thani ) ;

inside a wat , the entrance here

21232356224_408de0e587_b.jpg

In the wat

21855150085_cbf636dbd6_b.jpg

The Khmer Prasat

21668239849_a492b9b23d_b.jpg

21234039893_b1934ff652_b.jpg

  • Author

Sri Saket Province ; Prasat Hin Ban Samo

It's not far from Prasat Prang Ku

21855592375_75b84d8ac2_b.jpg

21667401070_b56f40a367_b.jpg

21667622488_5cfbf53a70_b.jpg

21667650508_4de88b270b_b.jpg

21843714092_8df7923862_b.jpg

21234623453_c987b8d73d_b.jpg

Sa Kaeo province

Prasat Khao Noi Si Chomphu

Aranyaprathet border town, with Poipet on the Cambodian side

12km south of Aranyaprathet is Prasat Khao Noi Si Chomphu (ปราสาทเขาน้อยสีชมพู)

Prasat Khao Noi Si Chomphu is believed to have been a Hindu shrine, and is dated as being built in the year 637AD.

Made of bricks without any use of mortar, it comprises 3 brick constructions, the northern and central Prang and the southern Wihan.

Only the central one remains in quite a good condition, while only the bases of the northern and the southern ones are left.

A restoration is underway.

tumblr_lx0minurrZ1r98m1bo2_500.jpgtumblr_lx0minurrZ1r98m1bo1_500.jpg

  • Author

Si Saket Province - Prasat Prang Ku

21867195241_6e3aec340e_b.jpg

21670751479_49e26c291f_b.jpg

21234868534_1cc49e2736_b.jpg

21867238971_4641296cb2_b.jpg

21234884974_1b2323b659_b.jpg

21845819922_502e0eba5a_b.jpg

  • Author

Surin Province - Prasat Sikhoraphum

21845776352_e9d13df11e_b.jpg

21858253425_47ce97a1be_b.jpg

21670308980_6a9d384709_b.jpg

21670495038_d38f024bb4_b.jpg

21858298565_8d0096b8f8_b.jpg

21671383949_79701067d8_b.jpg

  • Author

Si Saket - Prasat Yer



21852735386_b7c4cb066a_b.jpg
21257807753_fdc61f1088_b.jpg
21878857015_cf6fc52b0f_b.jpg
21888486041_1482b31ee5_b.jpg
21878817925_56e9bdd898_b.jpg

  • Author

Si Saket - Prasat Srakampangnoi

21690592378_218b257170_b.jpg

21866547222_d3bee698c8_b.jpg

21257380543_a22b43283c_b.jpg

21866535432_c872ac7876_b.jpg

21888040901_8c26129801_b.jpg

21257309193_bf5fe23d4e_b.jpg

21255645344_0a1e9fec81_b.jpg

21878354335_080c32afea_b.jpg

21878328795_3cd9e8c3e9_b.jpg

  • Author

Surin - Other Khmer Prasats

21889408021_7994cb81a2_b.jpg

21691928528_92ec379a74_b.jpg

21867819042_7bbb3ee5ff_b.jpg

21692852809_4191b71b54_b.jpg

21867782462_9d7dc6d600_b.jpg

21853516676_c5cb3b2998_b.jpg

21691609280_ccc2d40c79_b.jpg

21867722632_bb88a84cf6_b.jpg

Wow!!! all great ^^^..... that is a "like" eater! I gave up using them after a while! wink.png

Prasat Mueang Sing, Kanchanaburi.

Western outpost of the Khmer Kingdom.

attachicon.gifImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1443676216.990285.jpg

attachicon.gifImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1443676420.607045.jpg

Your first photo with FastStone ; I think it's a little bit better

attachicon.gifpost-95325-14436762368871.jpg

Oh,

Thank you, very much!

Was thinking about making an excuse for the "darkness".

Looks like I have to meditate about image editing again...

Anyone have photos of Phimai ?

I believe I am right in saying you can draw a straight from there, though Phanom Rung to Angkor Wat.

Edited by Jip99

Anyone have photos of Phimai ?

I believe I am right in saying you can draw a straight from there, though Phanom Rung to Angkor Wat.

Here's my contribution to this beautiful and most informative thread of Assurancetourix's.

Phimai, Korat.

post-237730-0-74143000-1443835334_thumb.

post-237730-0-73162300-1443835472_thumb.

post-237730-0-59757000-1443835643_thumb.

post-237730-0-31679300-1443835843_thumb.

post-237730-0-35506400-1443835927_thumb.

post-237730-0-01054100-1443836007_thumb.

post-237730-0-37577600-1443836100_thumb.

  • Author

Thank u TP1 ; smile.png

I have some photos about Phimai but I must first work a little bit on them before posting .

  • Author

Thank you very much for the right name of this Khmer castle : Tha Muen ;

But I cannot edit my post, it' s too late . smile.pngsmile.pngwai.gif

another from near Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaeo province; about 40km northish from town, near the Cambodian border. My photos below from 2010 - there was some restoration work going on, maybe a little improved now in 2015. Non-commercial - the only people there were a few stone workers, otherwise we had the place to ourselves. Very peaceful. but we were told to keep on the tracks - despite demining being complete

Sdok Kok Thom (สด๊กก๊กธม)

An 11th Century Khmer temple located about 43km northeast of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. The temple was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed by a prominent priestly family, Sdok Kok Thom is best known as the original site of one of the most illuminating inscriptions left behind by the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Southeast Asia from the end of the 9th century to the 15th century. Built of red sandstone and laterite, the temple is a prime example of a provincial seat of worship during the empire’s golden age. It is small by the standards of the major monuments in Angkor, the empire’s capital, but shares their basic design and religious symbolism.tumblr_lx0mmwYRol1r98m1bo1_1280.jpg

tumblr_lx0mmwYRol1r98m1bo4_1280.jpg

tumblr_mti8w3dwNz1r98m1bo1_1280.jpgtumblr_mti8w3dwNz1r98m1bo4_1280.jpg

tumblr_mti8w3dwNz1r98m1bo8_1280.jpg

tumblr_mti8w3dwNz1r98m1bo3_1280.jpg

Some info from from wiki:

Following the Vietnamese army's invasion of Cambodia in 1978 and the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge government, the forested area around the temple became the site of a large camp of Cambodian refugees, known as Nong Samet Camp or Rithysen. The camp was controlled by anti-communist guerrillas known as Khmer Serei, who were opposed to the Vietnamese presence in Cambodia. The camp eventually became an important source of support for the Khmer People's National Liberation Front.

In 2002, with the Cambodian conflict long settled and the refugees gone, the Japan Alliance for Humanitarian Demining Support, the Thailand Mine Action Center and the General Chatichai Choonhavan Foundation began cooperating on a program to remove landmines and other unexploded ordnance from the area.[10] Local villagers were recruited and trained for this work, which ended in 2004 after the removal of 76 mines and other pieces of ordnance.[11]

Over the years, the temple had fallen into a grave state of disrepair, due to the passage of time and plundering by art thieves. In the 1990s, the Thai government’s Fine Arts Department began an extensive restoration of the temple (see photos at [12] and [13]). Workers have cleared brush and trees and excavated soil on the temple grounds down to its original level. Fallen stones have been cataloged and returned to what experts believe to be their original positions; masons have fashioned replacements for missing or severely damaged stones. Moats have been dug out and refilled with water.

Edited by gomangosteen

  • Author

Anyone have photos of Phimai ?

I believe I am right in saying you can draw a straight from there, though Phanom Rung to Angkor Wat.

I have and now edited with FastStone , I think they are more beautiful than before ( brut de décoffrage as we say in french cheesy.gif ) so I can upload here

21329998134_dffb4ea4a1_b.jpg

21926553076_a9c328a5fb_b.jpg

21765815049_eb89f4e235_b.jpg

21331557133_7c74b21261_b.jpg

21962466121_c5a1355b0a_b.jpg

21926508946_1487f1fa6e_b.jpg

21962428471_7bcb6e8231_b.jpg

21765721319_160dcea180_b.jpg

21940530452_125b31e152_b.jpg

Create an account or sign in to comment

Recently Browsing 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.