Phnom Da is located in Prek Ta Por village, Kouk Lek commune, Angkor Borei district, about 24 km east of Takeo by water, or about 102 km south of Phnom Penh by land. This part of the country is flooded six months during the rainy season and the other six months in the dry season. Phnom Da is an historical and cultural site that has been renovated to provide visitors with a place to relax or explore Cambodian history.
The scenery is beautiful all year round. In the rainy season, there is a large reservoir that provides the area's residents with a boost of lush green rice in the dry season.
Phnom Penh was built on the top of a small hill in the 6th century by King Ravarman, who reigned in the Norman era, according to the French historian Marion. The temple is 12 square meters and 18 meters high. It is constructed of laterite, brick and sandstone. The Brahman Temple itself faces north towards Neak Kork Leak, the capital of Funan when it was built without walls.
The top of the temple was damaged, and a statue depicting the story of the Sea of Milk (Khmer called Kossamtratdo) was broken into two parts. A beam shows the figure of a sleeping Vishnu. There are false doors on either side and true doors to the north.
At the top of the hill are five man-made caves reflecting the Da-style, similar to the Indian style. In each cave there is the body of Shiva, Shiva, and Yama, the object of which the Brahmins worshiped. During the Pol Pot regime between 1975 and 1979, the caves were used as places of worship by the Khmer Rouge.
About 300 meters southwest of the temple is another small temple known as the Tashimi. Built in the late 6th century during the Chenla period during the reign of Pavarman I, it has five windows and two doors. At 5.5 square meters and seven meters high, it is built in the Indian style and features two stone walls facing north.
In 1992, a number of nuns and nuns built pagodas on the south side of the mountain. It is called Wat Phnom Da. But just three decades of war left the mountain of Chiso to the Angkor Borei district. In the rainy season, the water on both sides of the road makes the landscape as beautiful as the beach.
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