Central Sanctuary

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[Phimai Historical Park] Office & Bookshop Khlang Ngoen Naga Bridge Outer southern gopura Passage Way The base of Vihara Inner southern gopura Central SanctuaryBR> Prang Hin Daeng Prang Brahmadat Twin Libraries

[ Outline ] Entering the central courtyard through the inner southern Gopura entrance, a visitor will see the central sanctuary in a presence. It makes a good view of pilaster, pediment and main Prang ( tower ). [ A structure of the sanctuary's entrance ] The building was constructed in such a way that the frame base was completed then, decorated with the carved pediments,lintels,and pilasters. At the entrance, the builders firstly made pilasters, then put lintels on them. The pediments were put on to decorated the top of the building. They carved the episodes of "Ramayana" and Buddha on the pediments and the lintels. In another word, the sanctuary was made to worship both "Ramayana" and Buddha. [ A high point ] 1.Main tower -"mandapa"- 2. Southern entrance 3. Eastern entrance 4. Western entrance 5. A lintel on the entrance to antarala -"antarala"- 6. A lintel on the entrance to garbhagrha -"garbhagrha"- 7. Northern entrance 8. Eastern entrance 9. Western entrance 10. A lintel on the northern porch 11. A lintel on the eastern porch 12. A lintel on the western porch 13 A image at the center of garbhagrha The central sanctuary consist of three parts. In the center of Phimai sanctuary, a main room is named "garbhagrha". On the south, a antechamber is named "mandapa". And connecting these rooms, a short corridor is named "antarala".

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