Prasat Sikhoraphum, Sikhorapum District,
Surin Province

Prasat Sikhoraphum consists of five brick prang structures built on the same roughly square laterite base. The principal structure is in the middle with its four satellites at each of the four corners. A decorated sandstone lintel over the doorway of the principal structure is carved with scenes of Shiva Nataraja and miniature scenes of Brahma, Ganasa, Vishnu and U-Ma. The reliefs that line the doorframe are also carved with scenes of Apasara and Davarapal (guardian). The styles of the decorative motifs resemble Angkorian, Baphuan and Angkor Wat style of the 11th/12th Century. The temple was dedicated to Hinduism in the 12th Century and converted to Buddhism in the 16th Century. Surrounding the temple is a U-shaped moat measuring 111 x 125 metres leaving an entrance at the front.