Bantay Srei or The Temple of Woman is about 40km from the main Angkor complex and predates it by about 400 years. What makes it so special is the quality and style of the carvings - Balinese influenced (or perhaps it's Bali that's Khmer influenced...) for sure.
Vishnu atop 3 headed Elephant
Bantay Srei
Vishnu on an ox
Shiva
Tree growing out of a temple
Carvings
Inner Bantay Srei
Sculpture
A galah before he ate himself
Usually you only see this figure as a disembodied head because the legend goes that he was ordered to devour himself to sate his great appetite and so he did - stopping only when he reached his neck
Naga head
Still more carvings
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