Cambodia: Hindu deity on the wall of one of the six main brick towers, Preah Ko temple, Roluos Complex, Angkor

Preah Ko (The ‘sacred bull’) was built by King Indravarman I (877-889), and was a Hindu temple dedicated to the worship of Shiva and constructed in memory of Indravarman’s parents and an earlier king, Jayavarman II, the founder of Roluos.

The main sanctuary of Preah Ko consists of six brick towers set on a low laterite platform. Formerly each tower would have contained an image of a Hindu deity, but these have long since disappeared.

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David Henley

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