Banteay Srei, Spring 2008
The gateway to Banteay Srei, a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. |
A walkway leading to the main temple. Banteay Srei is unique because it is built of red sandstone. The buildings were also built in minature. |
Ruins of one of the buildings. |
Floral motifs. The sandstone allowed the carvings to withstand the elements better than the carvings in other temples. |
A fancy doorway. |
A closer look at the roof decorations. |
Floral and guardian creature designs. |
A detail of the roof carvings. |
More elaborate roof carvings. |
A closeup of the roof carvings. |
Inside the temple complex. Because Banteay Srei is so well preserved it is one of the few temples that is roped off into walkways that you must follow. |
Doorway and roof carvings. |
A closeup of the center. |
An Apsara. |
Fighting monkeys. |
Guardians. This one has a spear instead of a sword. |
Nagas, Garudas and other carvings on corner of a roof. |
Looking ahead at a building. |
Floral carvings and Apsaras line the walls. |
Here I am in Banteay Srei. |
A layered tower. |
Naga carvings face each other between buildings. |
Another angle of the fighting monkey motif. |
One last picture of the same carving. |
Two Apsaras near a doorway. |
Looking between two towers. |
Doorway decorations. |
Spiral motifs. |
A full view of one of the towers. |
Looking across the courtyard. |
Creatures adorn the corners of this building. |
A very well preserved Naga. |
This doorway carving features many animals. |
Closer view of the carvings: people, elephants, deer, horses and lions. |
A well endowed Apsara. |
Close up of a corner decoration. |
More spiral motifs. |
Beautiful carvings frame a doorway, |
Another view in the courtyard. |
A corner Naga. |