Phnom Kulen

Kunlen mount is situated at north east of Angkor elaborate about 50 Km, it takes approximately 2 hours power up to the hill high with 487 meters height and plateau stretches 30 km long, it is opened for tourists in 1999 through private owned and charged for $20 toll per international visitors. The enterprise developed avenue up to the height. It is just possible to move up before eleven Am and only viable to come down after midday, to avert automobiles assembly on the slim street.

Kulen is considered by using Khmers to be probably the most sacred mountain in Cambodia and it's a fashionable place for domestic viewers during weekends and festivals. The hill is used as the ancient capital metropolis with the aid of king Jayavaraman II in ad 802 to declared himself as god king and introduced independence from Java, then giving birth to today's Cambodia.

On the hilltop there are fifty six Angkorian temples made of bricks and volcanic stones, but most of them are badly in terrible condition, at present identify Hahendrapura, based in the reign of King Jayavarman temple base most effective is stay intact.

The seen sites in present day day are Prasat krau Romeas, Rong Chen ( the first mountain temple), Sra Damrei ( Elephant pond), thousands of phallic symbols carved a long liver mattress and divided in three ports for the Hindu trinity gods. These three ports used for baptistery. On the summit of the hill you can see Buddhist pagoda and a enormous reclining Buddha statue 8 meters size carved into a sandstone bock in 16th century.

The last attractive spot is a waterfall, it splits in two spots the primary waterfall is 4 or five meters heights and 20 to 25 diameters in dry and raining seasons. The 2d waterfall is 15 to 20 meters heights and 10 to fifteen diameters in dry and raining seasons.

The water is regarded holy and Khmers prefer to bottle it to take home with them. The supply of water ultimately flows in to Tonle Sap Lake and is notion to bless the water methods of Cambodia.