Hindu vs Budhism

We also visited many of the other temples, and I learned a lot of the history behind the carvings and such. It was very interesting. Because of the change from Hindu to Budhist and back again, if one temple was built budhist, the next king would remove all the budha's and scrape them from carvings on the wall. Then, they would add a third eye to all the statues that weren't budha. All the faces in Angkor Thom now have a third eye. The third eye is less defined because it was added later. All the temples face East except Angkor Wat, which faces West. They believe the king built it as his moritorium, since West is the direction of death. The temples are built with 3 doors. One that is tall for the King to go through. The king at that time made himself a "God-King" which is equal to a God. The two other doors were for high priests and are short. The reason for this is so that they are made to bow down in humility as the enter the temple. Also, all the steps to climb to temples are very steep. This is so that you have to bow down as you climb. They are too steep to climb standing up. Very interesting facts!