CreatorDorothy PelzerDescriptionBanteay Kdei, Angkor, Cambodia. The doorway or entrance to a temple sanctuary was protected by a divinity called "dvarapala" or "guardian of the doorway" in Sanskrit. Evil spirits were thus deterred from entering, hence the divinity was a temple guardian.Date Original30 December 1962CountryCambodia
Dorothy Pelzer, DP17_16 - A view of a sanctuary doorway at Banteay Kdei, Angkor, Cambodia.. SEALionPLUS, accessed 24/05/2025, https://sealionplus.iseas.edu.sg/nodes/view/8837