 Chau
Say Tevoda : Two symmetrical shrines, Thom Manon and Chau Say
_ alike in design and structure and twins also in ruin.
Chau Say Tevoda is located in east of the Gate of Victory of Angkor
Thom, across the road south from Thommanon, 500metres (1,640feet)
off the road. A enter and leave Chau Say Tevoda by the north entrance.
It was built in the end of the 11th century-first half of the 12th
century by king Suryavarman II in Hindu with following Angkor Wat
style art.
Background : Chau Say Tevoda and Thommanon are two small
monuments close together (on the left and right sides of the road)
and similar in plan and style. Although the precise dates of these
monuments are unknown, they belong to the best period of classic
art stylistically and represent two variations of a single theme
of composition. Chau Say Tevoda has deteriorated more than Thommanon.
Layout : Chau Say Tevoda is rectangular in plan, with a
Central Sanctuary opening to east, an enclosing wall with an entry
tower in the middle of the enclosing wall at the east entrance.
 Walking
towards the ten\mple one can see traces of a moat and vestiges of
a laterite base of an enclosing wall.
Entry Towers : The entry towers (1) are mostly demolished
except for traces of the bases and stair ways with sculpted steps.
A raised causeway (3) on three rows of octagonal supports (later
than the monument) and a terrace link the east entry tower to a
nearby river to the east.
Pediments : At the south of the passage a scene depicts
the combat of Sugriva and Vali, at the north of the passage (East
Side) the reliefs include monkeys, Siva and Parvati on a bull, and
apsaras.
Central Sanctuary : A long room with a porch (4) precedes
the square Central Sanctuary (5) connecting it with the east entry
tower by a passage raised on three rows of columns of which only
traces remain. This long room is covered with a pattern of flowers
inscribed in squares and sculpted with stone flowers such as are
seen at Banteay Srei and Baphuon. The three false doors of the Central
Sanctuary are decorated with foliage and columns with diamond-shaped
patterns (lozenges) and flowers (on the left); human figures accentuate
some of the bands of foliage in the columns.
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