> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Banteay Kdei
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/banteay-kdei/
- Published: 2014-03-05T19:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-06T14:33:16.000Z
- Description: Banteay Kdei was one my favourite temples at Angkor and I visited it twice.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

Banteay Kdei is one of many temples in Angkor, Cambodia. It was built in the mid-12th to early 13th centuries during the reign of Jayavarman VII in the same style as the Bayon temple at Angkor Thom. Banteay Kdei was one my favourite temples at Angkor and I visited it twice.

![Banteay Kdei](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-1.jpg)

The rear entrance of Banteay Kdei

![Banteay Kdei](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-2.jpg)

Banteay Kdei comes with a gorgeous strangler tree

![Banteay Kdei](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-3.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-4.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-6.jpg)

The walls of Banteay Kdei are covered with beautiful carvings

![Banteay Kdei](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/banteay-kdei-7.jpg)

Banteay Kdei front entrance

### Related Posts

**The temples of Angkor**: [Angkor Thom](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/angkor-thom/), [Ta Prohm](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ta-prohm/), [](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/banteay-kdei/)[Ta Som](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ta-som/), [Preah Khan](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/preah-khan/), the hidden and rarely visited [Ta Nei](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ta-nei/) and the astonishing [Beng Mealea](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/beng-mealea/), which is a long drive from [Siem Reap](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/siem-reap/).