Nakta Tracheak Thom temple, Ta Tracheak Veng temple is a 11th century Ganesha statue in Cambodia

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Beyond Angkor: Nakta Tracheak Thom's Hidden Carvings & Local Stories
My three friends and I embarked on the motorbike journeys for researching and studying ancient temples, several sites in Svay Leu district, Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
The distance from Siem Reap city to the ancient temple, is approximately 70 km and takes time around one hour by motorbike for one temple.
We create the click videos of the ancient temples and ancient sites to share with you, even though there is not a specific time yet to visit that place.
• The name of temple is described likely by local villagers, Nakta Tracheak Thom temple or Ta Tracheak Veng temple. Nakta means, a Cambodian tutelary deity or ancestral spirit, Tracheak: Means, Ear, Thom means, "Great" or "Big and Veng means Long, so it translates literally to Khmer language. The "Great Ear Spirit temple" or "Great Ear Deity temple." and "Grandfather with Long Ears temple." The original name of the temple lost to history.
• These names are local descriptors for the Ganesha statue located at the site because Ganesha has large elephant ears, local villagers traditionally identified the site by this prominent physical feature of the "Nakta" or "Ta" (ancestral spirit) residing there.
• Cultural Identity: The site remains a powerful example of how Cambodians "localized" Hinduism. By naming a Ganesha statue "Nakta" (Ancestor Spirit), they turned a formal god into a close, personal protector of their specific land and village.
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