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Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov Temple
Is an ancient site located at the Southeast of
Kampong Cham province, at Prey Nor Kor village, Daun Tey Commune, Ponhea
Krek district in the distance of 42 Kilometers from the provincial town of
Kampong Cham. Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov temple can be accessible by the National
Road No 7 and turn right by a trail at Dam Nak Cha village. This resort has five
trails at the public gathering place of Daun Tey Commune such as: - The trail at
the public gathering place of Knar has six-kilometer distance. - The distance
from the main road to Preah Theat is five kilometers. - he distance from the
main road to Preah Theat is five kilometers.
The distance from the trail to Dam Nak Cha is 10 Kilometers. - The distance from
Poan Chrey to Prey Nor Kor Knong is 5.3 Kilometers. The resort of Prey Nor Kor
Knong-Krov temple is the gathering place where the local people and tourists
meet each other for enjoying popular games and religious purpose during the
traditional festival. The Temple of Prey Nor Kor has the same form to the temple
of Sam Bour Prey Kuk, and it was built in the 9th century. Until the
assassinated plan set up by the princess of Kun Bot he had mobilized troop to
fight successfully against the princess. Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov temple has
2500-square meter land area consisting of: - Thum Temple: Located on high hill
of the Khoeun of present temple. It included three temples made of solid brick:
one at the left was completely damaged and other two temples remain good forms.
Inside these two temples, there are some statues and broken ancient objects
remain. The local people believe that the temples have been protected and
maintained by sacred spirit if tourists would like to photograph the two
temples, they should light incense to pray for allowance first otherwise the
picture of the two temples do not appear in their cameras.- Preah Theat Temple:
Located at the East of Thum temple. It included six temples, which were damaged
by war. At the present, there is one temple remains but it is almost collapsed
because of digging in search of treasure. - Preay Theat Pond: Located at the
Northeast of the Thum temple. At that time, there was a Pond called Ku Teuk. -
Koh An Det or Kor Prak (30 meter length by 20 meter width): or another name
called Sras Toem located at the North of the village. - Tum Nup or Kam Pheng
Poat Chum Vinh: Located around the city of Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov and was
planted the complex and inaccessible wild bamboo. - This dam has approximate
10-metre height, 15-metre vertical angle, and square angle; each angle has 2,500
Meters. Some parts of the dam have been damaged.
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