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Phnom Santuk (Santuk Mountain)
Since the ancient time to the present,
Phnom Santuk Mountain has been called in many names as below:
- Phnom Thom (in history)
- Phnom Arth Santuk (In history)
- Phnom Chorm Chong Kiri
- Phnom Krop Tuk
- Phnom Preah Bat Chann Tuk
The ancient heritages on the top of the mountain:
- Many Buddha statues were carved from great mountain rock including three big
Buddha statues reaching Nirvana, each has more than 10-meter length.
- Prasat Touch of pyramid shape, made of sandstone, has three stories and
three-meter height, and is located next to the ancient wooden temple (presently,
it is made of cement) with a rectangular pond (10m x 4m).
- Preah Bat Chann Tuk statue was carved on the stone shaped as food of a sacred
human, and there are many other small sculptures. By the stories, the
construction and the statues were erected during the reign of Preah Ponhea
Dharma Reacha (1474-1494) and have been maintained until now.
Phnom Santuk has changed names to Chorn Chong Kiri and Phnom Krop Tuk. Chan Dare
or Chan Chare are called two pieces of stone by local people that join all
together in marked symbol and made in small hole, the passenger arrived there,
they always dropped cash coins (ancient coins) into this small hole. When cash
coins was dropped in, it make soft weak voice like a voice of the birds sing or
music with happiness. So they did that since ancient period.
Source: Ministry of Tourism of the Kingdom of Cambodia |
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