Prasat Kravan

Prasat Kravan, a Hindu temple with five unique brick towers which are arranged in a north-south line and oriented to the east, were built for Hindu worship in 921. The structure is unusual in that it was not constructed by royalty; this accounts for its slightly remote location, away from the centre of the capital. Prasat Kravan is just south of the road between Angkor Wat and Banteay Kdei.

It was partially restored in 1968 and is particularly notable of the stunning brick carvings cut into the interior walls. The images of Vishnu in the largest central towers show the eight-armed deity on the back wall, taking the three gigantic steps with which he reclaimed the world on the left wall, and riding a garuda on the right wall. The northernmost tower displays bas-reliefs of Vishnu’s consort, Lakshmi.