Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape' has mentioned 'Temple' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| There was a temple on the site as early as the 5th century, but the surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries. | WIKI |
| [3] The temple was naturally dedicated to Shiva, while the water from the spring directly behind the temple was considered sacred. | WIKI |
| Shrestapura was superseded by a new city in the Angkorian period, directly south of the temple. | WIKI |
| [4] In the later period, the original buildings were replaced, re-using some of the stone blocks; the temple now seen was built primarily during the Koh Ker and Baphuon periods of the 11th century. | WIKI |
| Minor changes were made during the following two centuries, before the temple, like most in the empire, was converted to Theravada Buddhist use. | WIKI |
| 6 kilometres (3.7xc2xa0mi) east of the temple, on the west bank of the Mekong, lay the city, while a road south from the temple itself led to other temples and ultimately to the city of Angkor. | WIKI |
| Approached from the city (of which little remains), the first part of the temple reached is a series of barays. | WIKI |
| Only one now contains water, the 600 by 200 m middle baray which lies directly along the temple's axis; there were reservoirs north and south of this, and a further pair on each side of the causeway between the middle baray and the palaces. | WIKI |
| The road connecting Vat Phou to Angkor ran south from this temple. | WIKI |
| Continuing west, successive staircases lead up further terraces; between them stands a dvarapala which has come to be worshiped as king Kammatha, mythical builder of the temple. | WIKI |
| Global Heritage Fund, in association with the Lerici Institute (Italy) and the government of Laos, is providing emergency conservation of temple structures at this largest of archaeological sites in Laos. | WIKI |
| for the Northern Quadrangle of temple complex. | WIKI |
| The site features a museum which houses artifacts of the temple complex of several centuries, such as statues of Shiva, Vishnu and Nandin, as well as Buddhist statues. | WIKI |