エク・プノン寺院 (Ek Phnom Pagoda) は、バッタンバン市から北西約15キロメートルに位置する11世紀のアンコール様式の寺院遺跡です。スーリヤヴァルマン1世の治世中に建てられたこの古代ヒンドゥー教寺院は、部分的に崩壊した構造物と精巧な石彫りで古典的なクメール建築を展示しています。何世紀にもわたる劣化にもかかわらず、寺院の精巧なレリーフは依然として卓越した職人技を示しており、ヒンドゥー神話やアンコール時代の日常生活の場面を描いています。寺院は平和な田舎の村の環境にあり、水田に囲まれ、小川にかかる小さな橋を渡り、穏やかで絵のように美しい雰囲気を作り出しています。近くには大きな座仏像を持つ現代の仏教寺院が建てられており、この場所の精神的な重要性を高めています。宗教的な祭りの間、エク・プノンは地元の信者にとって重要な巡礼地となります。寺院複合施設は、アンコール・ワットの混雑した寺院に代わる静かな選択肢を訪問者に提供し、クメール遺産のより親密な探索を可能にします。この場所はバッタンバンから自転車やバイクで簡単にアクセスでき、楽しい田舎の遠足になります。古代遺跡、田舎の魅力、活発な仏教礼拝の組み合わせは、ユニークな文化体験を生み出します。
Saturday 11th October:\nNice temple to visit, as you stand in front of it look right and you see the ruined temple, very similar to those seen at Angkor Wat. (You can't miss it to be fair)\nWell worth a stop off, some interesting plants and animals at the ruined temple
Very cool temple to see. There’s both a new temple and some ruins which are older than Angkor wat, according to our tuk tuk driver. It was $1 per person which is fair enough if they have to maintain the place.
Wat Ek Phnom, an 11th century Angkorian Hindu temple. Easily accessible with a few wooden steps to climb and only about a 15 minute ride from Battambong's city center.\nUnfortunately, most walls have collapsed and looted, but still a nice place to visit since there aren't many visitors.\nWat Ek Phnom has many shady Bodhi trees and large tamarind and milk fruit trees, making it an ideal place to seek relief from the heat, and if you look closely, you'll see many pendulum bird nests among the large trees (near the front of the ruins).\nYou can also stroll around the moat of wat Ek Phnom and the temple ground. You're visiting a place of worship, so dress appropriately and be respectful.
Definitely worth the visit!\nThe entry was 4000KHR or $1\nIt wasn’t busy at all, when we visited there were only two other people there other than the locals.\nIt’s a temple from the 1100s in quite a bad condition, but definitely fascinating.\nThere is a modern temple right in front of it and a big Buddha just to the side.
It’s a nice pagoda, pretty much the same as the structures you would find at Angkor Wat and other temples from the Angkor Period. There’s also a little shrine inside the pagoda. You do have pay to get in. I find this p,ace to be one of those places you go and see it one time and you’re good. There’s no tour guide or anything from what I saw when I came. Hardly any people on a weekday.
