Vat Phu-Champasak-Laos

Vat Phu - Other temples Print

In the plain, about 1 km south of the so called “Nandin temple”, one can visit the remains of the small Nang Sida temple (beginning C.XII) and further on (but of difficult access), the temple called "Thao-Tao" (beginning C.XIII, Jayavarman VII).


Finally, on the other side of the Mekong, on the bank of the To Mo river, are the remains of another temple "TO MO" (Oubmong) of the same period but it also contains pre-Angkorian sculptures, particularly a beautiful Mukhalinga (a human-headed linga).

 

Temple of Nang Sida

Placed meadows of the temple of Vat Phu, at approximately half an hour of walking in the direction of the South, the meadows of the ancient Khmer road, is this largely collapsed Prasat.
The temple consisted of a hallway, prolonged by a tower sanctuary, built at the beginning of the XIIth century, at the same time that Angkor Vat.

 

Temple of Tomo

This temple is situated on the left bank of the Mekong, just in front of Vat Phou. He is so sometimes called Huei Tomo or Oubmong.
Distributed on two terraces, ruins contained a beautiful effigy of Mukhalinga (a linga with human head) pre--angkorian.

 

Temple of Thao Thao

This sanctuary of modest dimensions, consists of a central tower and an annex, in a court surrounded by an outer wall. A detached house of entrance gives access to this court, in the center of its East side. A small pond, nowdays filled, was outside, near the NorthEast angle of the surrounding wall. This arrangement is characteristic of chapels of hospital built in the XIIIth century in all the Khmer empire.
The sanctuary, in stoneware and laterite, is largely ruined, and the hospital had to be nearby, in wooden buildings, of which there is no track.
 

Events 2012

Fullmoon at Vat Phu
7th february 2012

Vat Phu festival 2012
From 5/02 until 7/02

 

Schedule & fees

Opening everyday :
- from 8:00 am till 6:00 pm for the site
- from 8:00 am till 4:30 pm for the museum

Price lists :
(Only one ticket for de site and the museum)

30 000 kips
3 000 kips for Lao people

Possibility of visiting the site except schedules.
More precision by clicking on this link: :  schedule and price lists

Partners

This site has been realized within the framework  of French – Lao cooperation project : " Priority solidarity funds  Vat Phu Champassak. Historic and Cultural site arrangement and development ".
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Ministry of Information and Culture.
Head office of the Heritage Service of the Arrangement and the  Vat Phu - Champassak site Management.


 

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France Embassy in Laos
Service of Cooperation and Cultural actions