Ancient Khmer Ruins Revealed As Reservoir Dries Out

SURIN -- The ruins of an ancient Khmer temple have been revealed by the receding water in a reservoir that has dried up in Buachet district near the border with Cambodia.

The temple is called Tapien Roun by the people of Otalan Pattana village in tambon Charat. "Tapieng Roun" in the Khmer language means a temple in a pond surrounded by indigenous trees called "roun".

It is located close to the Thai-Cambodian border, about one kilometre from the village.

The ruins are believed to those of twin pagodas, one representing a man and the other a woman.


An old Khmer temple ruin known as Tapieng Roun uncovered in Buachet district of Surin, near the Cambodian border, as a reservoir dried up during the dry season. fromthe drounght.(Photo by Nopparat Kingkaew)

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