Srah Srang
The Srah Srang (Khmer ស្រះស្រង់ to German "Royal Bath " ) is an approximately 725 × 400 meter measuring water reservoir near the historic grounds of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat and the present town of Siem Reap ( Cambodia).
History
The Srah Srang belongs to the testimonies of Angkorian culture. According to an inscription from its founding period he served " the good of all creatures " with the exception of the " dike breaker " which elephants were meant. The modern name Srah Srang (Royal Bath ) does not correspond to the original function of the building. The time of origin falls into the 10th century, in the reign of King Rajendravarman II ( 944-968 ). The royal architect was responsible Kavindrarimathana; his works were also among the lying in sight state temple Pre Rup and almost as close to Eastern Mebon.
On the stairs located on the west bank of the landing site, the original brick structure Kavindrarimathanas can still be seen. This was under King Jayavarman VII ( 1181 - about 1220 ) overbuilt in the Bayon style, as he left the landing site with a terrace and take the whole lake in sandstone. To date, over a thousand years after its construction, the Srah Srang is intact and forms a wide, peaceful water surface. Recover locals and tourists to its shores.
Plant
A Srah is generally considered " water basins for ritual ablutions " and is excavated, not dammed up like a Baray between dams - the water level is therefore located on a natural level. Accordingly Srah is generally smaller than a Baray; the surface of Srah Srang for example fits almost fifty times on the surface of the adjacent Eastern Baray. Srah as Baray are more or less transversely to the scenic slope stored (to avoid too different shore heights or too high concrete walls ) and at the same time strictly according to the cardinal points aligned ( to symbolize harmony with heaven and earth ). Thus, the right corner of the artificial water surfaces extend in the central Angkor region consistently from west to east.
The temple Banteay Kdei is in line with the Srah Srang and forms an ensemble with this. Leaving the temple through the east gate, the water surface becomes visible as soon as you cross the road leading past the stairs and across the sandstone terrace has risen. From two lion figures and below flanked by Naga steps lead down to the water. Presumably this jetty was once actually in function: Near the middle of the lake some sandstone ruins have been discovered that can be regarded as the remains of a Mebon ( ancestral temple on an artificial island ).