The Neak Poan
This unusual small monument , Acruciform arrangement of ponds with a sanctuary tower on a circular island in the middle is pure symbolism , Set in the middle of the Tayatataka baray on what was formerly an island ,It may represent the scared Himalayan lake of Anavatapta. This lake was famous for its miraculous healling properties and as the source of four great rivers issuing throught the mouths of a lion, an elephat , ahorse an ox. However this Buddhist sybolism only came later during a period of rebuilding and it was originally a royal Hindu site.
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