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 Wat
Phou
(Vat
Phu)
is a
ruined
Khmer
temple
complex
in
southern
Laos.
It
is
located
at
the
base
of
mount
Phu
Kao,
some
6 km
from
the
Mekong
river
in
Champassak
province.
There
was
a
temple
on
the
site
as
early
as
the
5th
century,
but
the
surviving
structures
date
from
the
11th
to
13th
centuries.
The
temple
has
a
unique
structure,
in
which
the
elements
lead
to a
shrine
where
a
linga
was
bathed
in
water
from
a
mountain
spring.
The
site
later
became
a
centre
of
Theravada
Buddhist
worship,
which
it
remains
today. |
