Three tonnes Buddha footprint on display in the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor museum

via Khmer Times, 22 February 2023: The Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum in Siem Reap is displaying the right Buddha Footprint statue, carved between 14-16th centuries CE.

Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum in Siem Reap province has been displaying the right Buddha Footprint statue for the public who wishes to research, study, and understand important information about religion, art, and history with events that took place more than 600-700 years ago in the Angkor area.

The right Buddha Footprint statue has been exhibiting at the museum, located in Boeung Don Pa village, Sangkat Slor Kram, Siem Reap provincial city, for almost a year, since May 2022, according to the APSARA National Authority.

Kun Phally, head of the exhibition team and guide at the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum, said that the ancient sandstone Buddha Footprint was carved between the 14th and 16th centuries AD. It weighs about three tonnes and is 2.10 metres long, 1.15 metres wide, and 31 centimetres high.

Source: Three tonnes Buddha footprint on display in the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor museum – Khmer Times