Muang Tum

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Prasat Hin Muang Tum

Name:	Prasat Hin Muang Tum
Creator:	Unknown
Date built:	10th Century CE
Primary deity:	Shankar
Architecture:	Khmer architecture
Location:	Buri Ram Province, Thailand

Prasat Hin Muang Tum is a Khmer temple in Buri Ram Province, Thailand. It is primarily in the Khleang and Baphuon styles, which dates its primary phases of construction to the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The primary deity was Shiva, although Vishnu was also worshipped there.

Like most Khmer temples, Muang Tum is orientated towards the east. It has a flat concentric plan, with a central sanctuary and two libraries surrounded successively by an inner enclosure, ponds, and an outer enclosure. The ponds between the enclosures are an unusual feature of the temple, as is the central sanctuary, which is not elevated and has its towers arranged in rows of three and two rather than in a quincunx. All the towers except the central one have been restored.

Kala are particularly prominent in the lintels of the temple. They are the best available aid in dating the structure, but the mix of styles (Khleang and Baphuon) makes accurate dating impossible. Several of the lintels on the outer gopuras are unfinished.

A small baray, probably contemporaneous with the temple, lay to the east, while a later, larger baray survives further north between Muang Tum and Phanom Rung.

[edit] Reference

Freeman, Michael. A Guide to Khmer Temples in Thailand and Laos. Weatherhill, 1998.

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Angkor	Angkor Thom \| Angkor Wat \| Baksei Chamkrong \| Banteay Kdei \| Banteay Samré \| Banteay Srei \| Baphuon \| The Bayon \| Chau Say Tevoda \| East Baray \| East Mebon \| Kbal Spean \| The Khleangs \| Krol Ko \| Lolei \| Neak Pean \| Phimeanakas \| Phnom Bakheng \| Phnom Krom \| Prasat Ak Yum \| Prasat Kravan \| Preah Khan \| Preah Ko \| Preah Palilay \| Preah Pithu \| Pre Rup \| Spean Thma \| Srah Srang \| Ta Prohm \| Ta Som \| Ta Keo \| Terrace of the Elephants \| Terrace of the Leper King \| Thommanon \| West Baray \| West Mebon \| Yasodharapura
Rest of Cambodia	Banteay Chhmar \| Beng Mealea \| Koh Ker \| Prasat Preah Vihear
Thailand	Lopburi \| Phanom Rung \| Muang Tum \| Phimai \| Mueang Sing
Laos	Wat Phou \| Oum Moung