PRASAT NEANG KHMAU

It means a 'Dark Skin Lady', deriving its name from the dark bluish colour of laterite, caused by an oxidation process. Built between 921-928 C.E, the main door to the west has a lintel with a carving of Brahma seated on a lotus. Three faces of Brahma can be seen. It offers images of lotus petals in very shallow relief on the depressed arches of the false openings and the presence of roughly sketched miniature monuments on the corners. The pedestal with the spout is still found inside the cellar but its Linga has been plundered.