Pre Rup

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<p>Pre Rup is a Hindu temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman? and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction.</p>

<p>The temple&#39;s name is a comparatively modern one meaning &quot;turn the body&quot;. This reflects the common belief among Cambodians that funerals were conducted at the temple, with the ashes of the body being ritually rotated in different directions as the service progressed.</p>