Banteay Kdei, meaning "A Citadel of
Chambers", also known as "Citadel of Monks' cells", is a
Buddhist temple in Angkor, Cambodia.
It is located southeast of Ta Prohm and east
of Angkor Thom. Built in the mid-12th to early 13th centuries AD during the
reign of Jayavarman VII (who was posthumously given the title "Maha
paramasangata pada"), it is in the Bayon architectural style, similar in
plan to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, but less complex and smaller.
Its structures are contained within two
successive enclosure walls, and consist of two concentric galleries from which
emerge towers, preceded to the east by a cloister. This Buddhist monastic
complex is currently dilapidated due to faulty construction and poor quality of
sandstone used in its buildings, and is now undergoing renovation. Banteay Kdei
had been occupied by monks at various intervals over the centuries until the
1960s.
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