Main Tower: Angkor Wat

Suryavarman II had Angkor Wat to be constructed in accordance with Devaraja cult. As he belonged to Vaishnavite, he dedicated this temple to Vishnu. This temple orients west suggesting that this temple relates to the funeral ceremony.

The central tower of Angkor Wat is of the normal character of the 12-century Cambodian temple. The temple is made of sandstone and added by the enterable doors cum porches. In case of Angkor Wat, the porches connect to the galleries of the four directions which turn the plan of the main temple into cruciform plan. The body of the temple is multi-angled. The superstructure is decorated with antefixes turning the stepped-contour roof into the corn-liked shape one. The antefixes have been used for the superstructures of the contemporaneous temples, like Phimai and Banteay Samre .