Phnom Doh Kromom (ភ្នំដោះក្រមុំ) is a pair of hills located in Sokh Dom (សង្កាត់សុខដុម), Senmonorom municipality. It is an important spiritual site for indigenous groups, especially Bunong people.
Background Legend holds that the original names for the two hills were Chihov Mountain and Chihor Mountain, named for two spirits who governed the sites. A young woman, Phlom, who was betrothed to a young man, Sros, disappeared whilst collecting water. Devastated, Sros searched for her, eventually being reunited in the area of the two hills. Two community elders decreed that the hills should be renamed Yok Sros Phlom in their honor ('yok' meaning 'mountain' in Bunong).Phnom Doh Kromom Khemer Math Center June 2016
In the 1950s, a visiting Royal Government officer, ignoring the existing name and history, gave the name Phnom Doh Kromom (Maiden's Breasts Mountain) because of the form of the two hills.Indigenous Tourism Strategic Plan for the Northeast of Cambodia Ratanakiri researchgate.net In English signs and documentation, the name is modestly changed to Grandmother and Grandfather Mountains.
The southern hill has a viewing platform which looks out across Sen Monorom town. Both hills have Buddhist shrines at the peak.
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