Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm , Holly place in Siem Reap

Once upon a time, tycoon Pintekak had 4 hundred millions of gold and two daughters , Rumchk and Rumchang, who were very beautiful and friendly with others and had good manners and also had so effective power that men dare not to et engaged to the girls like a saying “Neither the poor nor the rich dare and get engaged to the rich women, respectively.”

Afterwards, the two virgins got worried and worried and afraid that they would not have a husband like others and that no one would be their successors. “Looks! Every person has their future partner, even animals. It is stranger for us that no one is interested in us at all,” they discussed.

Then, Rumchek and Rumchang approached their father in order to discuss their future. Having been told by his daughters and not knowing how to solve the matter, he want to fortuneteller in order to predict his daughters’ fate. “Your two daughters are so powerful that they are not able to find their partners, for they don’t have sin, “predicted the fortuneteller.

Since that they , the tycoon and his two daughters were getting very worried. The tycoon went and consult with the fortuneteller again and aksed: ”How can I save my daughters, so that they can get away from such sin? ” The fortuneteller predicted again said: “There is only one way to save them from living alone; that is , they each have to erect a sculpture made bronze in order for them to have a future partner in the next life when they are 18 years old.”

The tycoon the got the statuses of his daughters made and named them: Preah Neang Romchek and Preah Neang Romchang, which were for several years later dubbed Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm.