Faith in the principality of Battambang monument
West Sangker River, Sangke southeast corner Battambang Province town about 25 kilometers, if passed by the provincial No. 155 in accordance Sangker trapped until Village Meanwhile commune Meanwhile Banan District, we will see there is a mountain called Mount Banan, a monument principality, and that the residents always worship rituals since ancient times.
Situated on a hill with a height of over 100 meters and a staircase of 352 steps, there is a temple called Prasat Banan now become attractive historic resort in Battambang.
The temple on the hill built of laterite and sandstone style mid-11th century and the late 12th century. A study temple Laden Superior century during the first 11-12 days of eg 2nd Udayadityavarman years 1050 to 1066. But his leadership building was not completed completed later, during the reign of King Jayavarman 7 (1181-1219?), Has continued to build.
The temple on the hill top 5 is a large ambient corners and the center of the temple in the road east from Ta iron rod that before, have a rod of iron statue stood. Banan, while at the foot of the water and the cave two main cave and cave Sourng.
Whereas tower 2 At the south called temples drop coconut old told greatly desired that the temple has a cave down, but there was no flesh should dare to go down, but they looked when alms they always take the port price of palm to drop the cave temples that have already come to wait and see at the bottom of the river villas, which have holes also seen palm that fell into the river villas once.
At the foot of a wide, deep tunnels into easily curved tunnel roof as water volley ball-shaped stone shed tamrongtuk tbalbok size rice baskets. Den has a size of about 12 square meters of wall rock sculpture nothing but tamrongtuk near the southern wall there are many Buddhist ruins. Full sun lighting into the tunnel, a hole in the roof. Road into a small cave, only one person was darkness. Go along unless lit torches and lighting queued can walk into tears place.
Phnom Banan said that sometimes, water filters water sometimes only half full, if the battery is filled with water filters as a harbinger that rice water, even if half of the rice that you do less.
Water was found in the filter, transparent, and those who get there kbangtuk not fail to wash fun for peace.
If listening to the words spoken to local elders, we know the history of faith in the temple, "brasaeatophnombann formerly called temple vows. Whenever you have an emergency, they always came to pray unless decided to return craft vow called brasaeatophnombann date. Earlier this mother of a hill surrounded by legendary sea dach_kantouyophnek romsayosak chbautasak loss suck the sea to kill crocodiles, life-saving resource king and people sail. "
Banan related to the legendary mountain, is as follows:
Same old Once upon a rich man's daughter named her romsayosak sick menopause many years. Ascetic named takram later received her unless her father, billionaire has joined an ascetic wife. Her ascetic training to know how many other magic formula called the storm.
Ascetic and his wife in a cave known as water or water according to residents. Banan mountain caves in the south today, but then Banan mountain, called Mount Temple.
Behind a son name of tribal children to learn other subjects formula takram. This ascetic willing to train his son unless the child but prohibits prosecutors from looking at his wife because he feared the royal grandchildren tribe loves his wife because she romsayosak roubal.
By long months later, sometimes ascetic tribal children to steal his wife found her exquisite paramilitary stolen questioned her loving grandchildren tribes.
Ascetic into the woods to find various objects both opportunity and began sailing abandoned ascetic.
Ascetic returned from the jungle, we found them in a cave, he said the tribal children and his wife to his abduction Distance to the sea saw the ship in the middle of the sea. Ascetic angry parrot formula psychologists call the storm to destroy the ship in the middle of the ocean. But her professional romsayosak charming, wicked winds, wind was gone. Too ascetic anguish fell dead on the shore.
They knew it, they returned the ship to the water in the cave pitiful.
Behind the royal grandchildren return to her tribe, her romsayosak very angry wife used her crocodile resistance to the road block tribal children not to go. Romsayosak her husband when they saw the ship before sinking area angel mountain temple, "Please help my husband out of danger, I will offer this mountain." Power vow that her husband was fine and offer mountain vows. Since her mountainous area called the Temple Mount vow nowadays called Lebanese mountains.
Fond of rituals in Phnom Banan, New Year above the mountain and PunPhnom nimontolokchhean boxing and dance and have given money or clothing to the residents.
On day 1, Praying angel helps new residents happy in peace. Praying that you, chuonkal chuonkal residents. If they forget Praying village full of blood.
Praying slathmr sei music and prayers.
Residents reported that earlier when playing music tracks pray they look in the nearest pond Sen Banan foot crocodile emerges. Bethesda, from deep to shallow right now, and when praying invisible crocodiles recovery.
Source Legends Khmer 5 pages 143 - 147. Extracted from the files of the church tradition No. 25/041 prepared by Ouch - Sun Secretary of Buddhist.
