Banteay Srei

Banteay Srei
ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយស្រី
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Shiva and Parvati with many other Hindu deities
Location
Location	Angkor
Country	Cambodia
Shown within Cambodia
Geographic coordinates	13°35′56″N 103°57′46″E / 13.59889°N 103.96278°E / 13.59889; 103.96278
Architecture
Type	Khmer
Creator	Yajnavaraha
Completed	967

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Banteay Srei (Khmer: បន្ទាយស្រី [ɓɑntiəj srəj]) is a 10th century CE Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva and Parvati. Located in the area of Angkor, it lies near the hill of Phnom Dei, 25 km (16 mi) north-east of the main group of temples that once belonged to the medieval capitals of Yaśodharapura and Angkor Thom.^[1] Banteay Srei is built largely of red sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still observable today. The buildings themselves are miniature in scale, unusually so when measured by the standards of Angkorian construction. These factors have made the temple extremely popular with tourists, and have led to its being widely praised as the jewel of Khmer art.^[2]