Banteay Kdei temple is located southeast of Ta prohm. The temple is similar in art and architecture of Ta Prohm, but it is smaller and less complex. According to archaeologists, the original basic plan of the temple including a central sanctuary, a surrounding gallery and a passage way connected to another gallery. A moat enclosed the temple, another rampart which is 700 by 500m is made of laterite and has four gopuras in the Bayon style, each with four faces looking in the cardinal directions, and garudas placed at the corners of each gopura, a favorite design of King Jayavarman VII. These gopuras are of the same style as those at Ta Prohm.Research conducted by the University of Sofia has indicated that this temple was built on another older temple, as evidenced by a foundation base found under Banteay Kdei temple. Archeologists believe the foundation may be related to Kod village during the reign of King Jayavarman II.
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