Entry towers (
Gopuram) at Banteay Kdei, Angkor
() is a
temple at
Angkor,
Cambodia. It is located southeast of
Ta Prohm and east of
Angkor Thom. Built in the late 12th to early 13th centuriesCE during the reign of
Jayavarman VII, it is a
Buddhist temple in the
Bayon style, similar in plan to Ta Prohm and
Preah Khan, but less complex and smaller. Its structures are contained within two successive enclosure walls, and consist of two concentric galleries from which emerge towers, preceded to the east by a cloister.
This monastic complex is currently dilapidated due to faulty construction and poor quality
sandstone. Banteay Kdei has been occupied by monks at various intervals over the centuries, but the inscription stone has never been discovered so it is unknown to whom the temple is dedicated.
Plan of Banteay Kdei, Angkor, cut from a
laser scan.
