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Modern · Buddhist · Cambodia
Wat Damnak
Siem Reap, Siem Reap · 13.3517°, 103.8578°
Buddha (Theravada monastery)Modern (King Sisowath)Khmer with colonial-era Western detailing
Sacred since
1927 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
completed 1927
Modern (King Sisowath)
History & significance
A Theravada teaching monastery in Siem Reap whose name records its origin as a damnak, a royal residence of King Sisowath, completed in 1927 and later given over to the sangha. Its shutters and doors are carved with Reamker scenes, its 1950s stupas copy Banteay Srei, and since 1999 it has also housed the Center for Khmer Studies.