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Banteay Srei is a beautiful temple complex , north-east of Angkor, founded by the king's chief Brahman advisor, Yajnavaraha in 967AD. This is known from an inscription at the site.
Banteay Srei was rediscovered by French archaeologists in the twentieth century.
Its remote location meant that tourists used to get shot and robbed here. An American woman and her guide were killed here in 1995. But, don't worry: nowadays it is perfectly safe and very much on the Japanese package tourist trail. So much so, that it is difficult to take a picture of the ruins without getting a group of tourists in front of them. After about twenty minutes waiting, I finally succeeeded.
The temple complex itself is very small, so it doesn't take anywhere near as much time to walk around as most of the other Angkor sites do.
The temple is surrounded by a moat, still filled with water, so you enter through a triumphal caseway over the moat. Inside there are three tower shrines, made of red sandstone, the tallest of which is 10 metres high. The temple doorways are protected by carved heads of Kala, a demon who ate his own body. Leave a Comment Directions: 37km north of Siem Reap
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