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Late medieval · Buddhist · Cambodia
Tep Pranam
Angkor Thom, Siem Reap · 13.4483°, 103.8575°
Buddha (colossal seated sandstone Buddha image)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 16th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A Buddhist terrace inside Angkor Thom whose colossal seated Buddha is assembled from sandstone blocks and reached by a 75-metre laterite causeway from the east. The wooden hall that once sheltered the image has vanished, leaving the cruciform foundation and the boundary markers of its terrace.