Kulen Mountain Phnom Kulen
Kunlen
mount is situated at north east of Angkor Complex about 50 Km, it takes
approximately 2 hours drive up to the hill top with 487 meters height
and plateau stretches 30 km long, it is opened for tourists in 1999 by
private owned and charged for $20 toll per foreign visitors. The company
developed road up to the peak. It is only possible to go up before 11
Am and only possible to come down after midday, to avoid vehicles
meeting on the narrow road.
Kulen
is considered by Khmers to be the most sacred mountain in Cambodia and
it is a popular place for domestic visitors during weekends and
festivals. The hill is used as the ancient capital city by king
Jayavaraman II in AD 802 to declared himself as god king and announced
independence from Java, then giving birth to present day Cambodia.
On
the hilltop there are 56 Angkorian temples made of bricks and volcanic
stones, but most of them are badly in poor condition, today name
Hahendrapura, founded in the reign of King Jayavarman temple base only
is remain intact.
The
visible sites in modern day are Prasat krau Romeas, Rong Chen ( the
first mountain temple), Sra Damrei ( Elephant pond), Thousands of
phallic symbols carved a long liver bed and divided in three ports for
the Hindu trinity gods. These three ports used for baptistery. At the
summit of the hill you can see Buddhist pagoda and a large reclining
Buddha statue 8 meters length carved into a sandstone bock in 16th
century.
The
last attractive spot is a waterfall, it splits in two spots the first
waterfall is four or five meters heights and 20 to 25 diameters in dry
and raining seasons. The second waterfall is 15 to 20 meters heights and
10 to 15 diameters in dry and raining seasons.
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