The eastern Mebon was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva and built in honor of the royal family. Its situation reflects the concern of the Khmer architects for the orientation of the sanctuaries in connection with the cardinal directions.

Thus, the temple was built on a north-south axis also including the Rajendravarman State Temple, Pre Rup (located about 1200 meters south, just outside the Baray). The eastern Mebon can also be located on an east-west axis on which is located the Temple of Phimeanakas Palace, another creation from the reign of Rajendravarman and located about 7 kilometers to the west.

Built in the general style of Pre Rup, the East Mebon was built in 953.

It consists of two walls spread over three levels. The full range of Khmer sustainable building materials can be found in the various parts of the temple: sandstone, brick, laterite and stucco.

At the top of the temple is a central tower that is certainly a sanctuary, on a square platform surrounded by four small towers. All the towers are brick.

There are, for example, two monolithic sculptures of stone elephants two meters high on the first and second levels.

In the same way, monumental religious scenes present the god Indra at the top of his three-headed elephant Airavata as well as Shiva on his mount, the sacred bull Nandi.

The engraving on lintels are particularly elegant.

The view that is offered to the visitor of the Western Mebon from the upper level, allows him to imagine the vast expanses of water of the Baray that once surrounded the temple. Four stone pontoons at the base of the temple remind us that access to the sanctuary was formerly by boat.

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