Neak Pean​ temple

The late 12th century Buddhist temple of Preah Neak Pean (Intertwined Naga), which was built by Jayavarman VII, consists of a square pool with four smaller square pools arranged on each
axis. In the center of the large central pool is a circular "island" encircled by the two Naga whose intertwined tails give the temple its name. Water once flowed from the central pool into the four peripheral pools via ornamental spouts, which can still be seen in the pavilions at each axis of the pool. The spout are in the form of an elephant's head, a horse's head, a lion's head and a human's head. The pool was used for ritual purification rites and the complex was originally in the center of a huge 3km by 900m lake, now dried up and overgrown.