[Central Sanctuary]
Main tower
-"mandapa"-
Southern entrance
Eastern entrance
Western entrance
A lintel on the entrance to antarala
-"antarala"-
A lintel on the entrance to garbhagrha
-"garbhagrha"-
Northern entrance
Eastern entrance
Western entrance
A lintel on the northern porch
A lintel on the eastern porch
A lintel on the western porch
An image at the center of garbhagrha
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This tower is 28 meters in height and its overall shape is similar to a bombshell (ogival profile).
Many Khmer architectures in Thailand are built in the same form.
This inward-curving silhouette technique is a distinctive form of Khmer architecture.
The top of the main tower consists of five tiers.
Each tire has an overhanging lip, and is decorated by a serial of antefixs.
These antefixs are put on the space between each tier.
Thus it smooths the curved line of the tower.
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