The sanctuary

Location :

• Meexai Pakse

  27 February 2018

  สวยงามมาก

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• Manuel Antonio

  27 December 2017

  Amazing attraction

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• Dmitriy Nikitin

  01 March 2017

  Nice view

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• Exploration Brothers

  08 January 2017

  Nice place. Great pictures.

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• Huong Nguyen

  10 September 2016

  The sanctuary is composed of a front part in sandstone (hypostyle room), accessible through three doors (South, East and North), and of a back part, the cella in brick (the sanctuary itself) that sheltered the Linga. This was, in all likelihood, during a certain period, continuously dowsed with water conveyed from the sacred spring. Water entered through an orifice pierced in the western wall and was channeled away through a conduit made of stone, called "somasutra", in the northern wall. Though the watering of the Linga and the somasutra are regular features of the Khmer Hindu religion, the permanent watering is unique and gives Vat Phu its exceptional character.
  Dvarapala (doorkeepers) and Devata or Apsaras (minor female divinities) are carved on the exterior of the sandstone walls' forepart.
  Carved frontons and lintels top off all of the doors. Krishna (an avatar of Vishnu) is the main character but representations of Indra, Vishnu, ascetic Shiva, and scenes from the Ramayana can also be seen.
  The sanctuary was turned into a Buddhist temple much later, and contains three recent statues of Buddha, which block the central access to the cella.

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