 The Tevoda is built to a cruciform plan and linked to an entrance hall , similar to the Hindu temples built in India , particularly in Odisha . The temple has four gopuras or towers on the four cardinal signs with an entrance from the east though a raised bridge . The long hall , which links the gopuras and central chamber of the temple , has very elegant flower decorations . The temple consists of a central tower with an attached mandapa , which is achieved through an antarala chamber of small size , and with two libraries on its southern and northern sides . It is enclosed by a compound wall which has four gopuras or towers . To its east , there is a raised causeway that leads to the Siem Reap River . Many of the sculptures depict Vishnu , and are in a fairly good condition . However , the main deity of the temple is Shiva . Some of the sculptures in the temple are also of Buddha but disfigured totally . With time the ceiling has collapsed and led to further deterioration . The defaced Buddhas , which are deified in a lotus posture , flanked by devotees , are in a mandapa behind a pediment from the entrance door which leads to the antarala . The incomplete eastern Gopura I , which is oriented in the western direction , has a roof which is part of the second " pediment of the lateral southern extension " which is not fully restored . The main figure here is of Buddha in a cross legged posture seated on a high platform and is flanked by disfigured carvings which are interpreted as that of Garuda and the king of Nagas . The top pediment of this Gopura I with figure of Buddha has an umbrella cover of a Bodhi tree . Carvings depicting episodes from the life of Buddha are seen on the northern door of the eastern Gopura I. A notable bass relief here is of Sita ( heroine of the epic Ramayana ) in a seated posture over an altar flanked by rakshasis ( female demonesses ) . Hanuman , in a small monkey form , is carved in sitting posture facing Sita and offering her Rama 's ring . A wall built with laterite stones enclosing the temple , which had existed in the past , has disappeared . 
