Cambodia Travel Siem Reap - Phnom Kulen National Park ឧទ្យានជាតិព្រះជ័យវរ្ម័ន-នរោត្តម ភ្នំគូលែន

Cambodia Travel Siem Reap - Phnom Kulen National Park ឧទ្យានជាតិព្រះជ័យវរ្ម័ន-នរោត្តម ភ្នំគូលែន (2014 1118)

Coordinates 13°35'04.7"N 103°58'26.8"E Map for 13.584644, 103.974102

Located: Svay Leu District

Getting there:

by National Highway 6, turn onto National Road 66, turn right at 13°43'56.2"N 104°02'44.8"E map for 13.732271, 104.045767 until The ticket office is at the bottom of Phnom Kulen and is the entrance to the Phnom Kulen National Park.

During the Khmer Empire the area was known as Mahendraparvata (the mountain of Great Indra) and was the place where Jayavarman II had himself declared chakravartin (King of Kings), an act which is considered the foundation of Khmer Empire.

If you’re going to the top of the mountain by car, van or moto, you need to go up before 11am. The road is one-way traffic only

Linga 1,000

The 1000 ninth-century carved lingas in the “Valley of the Lingas” or “River of the Lingas” on a sandstone river bed, as it’s often referred to, are tribute to the Hindu god Shiva.