Wat Ek Phnom

Wat Ek Phnom is an Angkorian Hindu temple built in the 11th century under King Suryavarman I. Sources describe it as located on the left side of the Sangkae River near the small creek of Prek Daun Taev, approximately 9 km north of the city of Battambang in northwestern Cambodia. The temple is partly collapsed and has been looted, though it remains notable for well-carved lintels and pediments that contribute to its art-historical significance within the corpus of Khmer temple architecture. The supplied research materials (Wikipedia, Wikidata) focus on the site's historical and architectural characteristics. Two declassified CIA Presidential Daily Briefs were provided as contextual geopolitical material referencing the Battambang region in 1970; these documents do not mention Wat Ek Phnom specifically. No ethnographic, folkloric, or eyewitness sources were supplied that attribute apparitions, hauntings, or other supernatural phenomena to Wat Ek Phnom. Because the provided sources contain no reports of paranormal activity, the entry records the absence of documented phenomena rather than asserting unverified traditions. Further investigation using local folklore collections, oral histories, tourism accounts, or dedicated paranormal investigations would be required to document any purported supernatural associations.