False Door
A false door is an artistic representation of a door which does not function like a real door.
They are a common architectural element in Angkor, where they can be seen carved into three faces of the many temple sanctuaries. Typically only the eastern face of a sanctuary had a real door giving access to the cella, on the eastern face, the most important of the cardinal points in the Hindu religion.
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