PRASAT KHNAR AND TRAPEANG ANG KHNAR

These were constructed at the same time as Prasat Thom. It lies on the axis passing through the middle of the south dyke of Rahal. Prasat Khnar housed a huge Linga which was 7 m high and 4 m in diameter, raised on a giant pedestal (3 m high and 7 m square). Its Linga which was built by assem- bling several blocks of sandstone was considered exceptional as the Lingas of other building comprised monolithic stone structures. A laterite cruciform platform, perhaps its gopura is located in the east and in front of temple tower. Its location on a mound, higher than a reservoir called Trapeang Ang Khnar. The rocks around the Trapeang Ang Khnar are also carved with Hindu deities, the nine planets, Vishnu, Brahma, and other animals allowing the rain and water poured over the Linga and these sacred carving to reach the two large water sources, treated as sacred water and flow to Rahal.