RAFAEL BARAGAÑO

Scientist, Engineer, STEM Profesor

Neak Pean

End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. ‘The entwined naga’. Built as an island 350 meters square, in the middle of the Preah Khan Baray. A square central basin has at its center a circular base for the sanctuary ringed with two entwined nagas (serpents). Four gargoyles in small sanctuaries discharge into smaller square basins to each side in a form which replicates the sacred lake of Anavatapta in the Himalaya, venerated for its powers of healing.


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