Phnom Krom ( km, ភ្នំក្រោម, lit. "downstream hill") is a 140 m high hill close to
Siem Reap
Siem Reap ( km, សៀមរាប, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap has French colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old F ...
city,
Cambodia
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. There is a temple on the top which derived its name from the hill,
Prasat Phnom Krom ( km, ប្រាសាទភ្នំក្រោម).
Location
Phnom Krom is about 12 kilometers southwest of Siem Reap town.
Phnom Krom hill is very rocky; local legend has it that the rocks were exposed by the monkey general
Hanuman
Hanuman (; sa, हनुमान, ), also called Anjaneya (), is a Hindu god and a divine '' vanara'' companion of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He is an ardent devotee of Rama and on ...
during a hunt for medicine in the
Ramayana
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...
epic. The area beyond the temple’s west gate affords views of the
Tonle Sap lake.
Phnom Krom railway
Phnom Krom was at the southern end of the
Phnom Krom railway
The Phnom Krom railway was a gauge narrow gauge railway that ran approximately 6 miles (9.5 km) from the town of Siem Reap, Cambodia in the north to the temple hill of Phnom Krom in the south. Very little historical evidence remains about ...
, a narrow-gauge French colonial railway that was most likely constructed to take stone from the now-defunct quarries on Phnom Krom to
Siem Reap
Siem Reap ( km, សៀមរាប, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap has French colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old F ...
.
Gallery
File:Pier at Phnom Krom, Siem Reap - panoramio.jpg, Tonle Sap lake and Phnom Krom hill
File:Blick vom Phnom Krom 03.jpg, Tonle Sap lake and Chong Kneas village viewed from Phnom Krom hill
File:Phnom Krom 002.jpg, Sugar palm trees on the hill
See also
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Phnom Bakheng
Phnom Bakheng ( km, ភ្នំបាខែង ) is a Hindu and Buddhist temple in the form of a temple mountain in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasova ...
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Phnom Bok
Phnom Bok ( km, ភ្នំបូក) is a hill in the northeast of Eastern Baray in Cambodia, with a prasat (temple) ( km, ប្រាសាទភ្នំបូក) of the same name built on it. It is one of the "trilogies of mountains", ea ...
References
External links
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*Nick Ray, ''Cambodia''
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Mountains of Cambodia
Hindu temples in Siem Reap Province
Geography of Siem Reap province
Angkorian sites in Siem Reap Province