• Artistic/Style: Bayon
• Location: Central of Angkor Thom city
• Duration of Visit: 15-20 minutes.

ប្រាសាទតានៃ or Ta Nei is a late 12th century stone temple in Angkor, Cambodia. Built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII, it is near the northwest corner of the East Baray, a large holy reservoir. It was dedicated to the Buddha.

Ta Nei was extended initially toward the east and then enlarged with three small gopuras on the north, west and south and a large east gopura that is essentially a part of the inner, galleried enclosure. As at Ta Prohm, city walls were begun but were probably never finished. Today only two outer gopuras exist to the west and east.

Layout of the Temple

The site is constructed on an east-west axis and whilst today the site is entered from the west, its traditional main entrance is to the east.

On the eastern side, the site begins with an outer or third enclosure that was lost to time or never completed and a gopura (entrance pavilion), restored in recent times, that leads to a causeway and large cruciform terrace.

The cruciform terrace leads to the second enclosure featuring gopura at each cardinal point and on the eastern side, two small entrances flank either side of the grand gopura which itself offers three entrances also lending itself to form the east wall of the inner galleried enclosure.

Inside the inner or first enclosure, a cruciform vestibule, to the south, a common structure seen at many sites noted as being a library, opening to the west as they do, and at the western end, the central sanctuary. The central sanctuary, also cruciform in shape, features an antechamber connecting it to the inner gallery.

On the western side of the site, there is another small gopura that was joined to the outer enclosure with a laterite path. Also, flanking on either side of the second enclosure are long basins.

Lintels & Pediments
In the western gopura, two beautiful lintels rest on the floor, while several pediments depicting Buddhist narratives can be seen on the pediments inside the inner enclosure. On the recently restored outer eastern gopura also retains some beautiful pediments.

More Detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta Nei Temple