The 11th century temple was built by King Udayadutyavaranan 2 Khmerឧតយាទិត្យវរ្ម័ន២]son of the king Suryavaraman 1 (Khmerសូរ្យយវរ្ម័នទី១) and despite some looting it is in a considerably better state of repair than wat Ek Phnom.