Prasat Muang Tam “the lower city” 10th century Khmer temple Buriram Thailand

Prasat Muang Tam (Thai: ปราสาทเมืองต่ำ, 'lowland castle') is a Khmer Hindu Temple in Prakhon Chai District, Buriram Province, Thailand. It is primarily in the Khleang and Baphuon styles, which dates its primary phases of construction to the late-10th and early-11th centuries. The primary deity was Shiva, although Vishnu was also worshipped there.

Muang Tam sits at the base of Phnom Rung hill, beside a kilometer-long reservoir (baray). It was built in the tenth or eleventh century, and probably abandoned in the thirteenth century or so. People only returned to the area in the early twentieth century, and the name "Muang Tam" dates from that time. Muang Tam means "Lower City", and is in reference to the 'higher' city on Phnom Rung. Nobody seems to know what the Khmer originally called the temple.

In this video we explore the temple grounds and I tell you a little bit about what I see. The place is amazing and worth a trip for any traveler. Enjoy the video!

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