Prasat Kravan ("Cardamom Sanctuary") is a modest but remarkable brick temple built in 921 AD, standing in a quiet location south of the main Angkor circuit. It consists of five brick towers in a row, and its distinction lies in the interior: the central tower contains carved brick reliefs of Vishnu in three forms — standing with eight arms, striding in his Trivikrama form to measure the universe, and mounted on Garuda — while a smaller tower has images of Vishnu's consort Lakshmi. These interior carvings, in warm red brick, are among the best-preserved figurative sculptures at Angkor and see only a fraction of the visitors that the main temples attract.
The temple was substantially restored in the 1960s and stands in a simple grassy enclosure without the tree growth or dramatic ruin quality of Ta Prohm. That simplicity is its appeal: you can walk in, spend twenty minutes looking at the carvings without any crowds, and walk out feeling you have seen something genuinely special that most visitors miss.