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Dear  Dr.Gajaraj:

The 8 hnads are strangely empty.
There might have been weapons .

Although the fore head of this statue is smeared
with white powder (VibhUthi) , this could be  aAshta Bhuja 
VishNu as at the Kaanchipuram Temple .

The ochre robe suggests a monk (Buddha) . This could
be a later day  addition because of the Buddhist faith 
that developed there after the 8th century.

I am inclined to identify this statue as Vishnu.
The churning of the milky ocean for nectar is a big
theme at Angkor  Watt and that weighs in favor of
VishNu as a central theme there. The king's wife
( the wife of the builder of the Angkor  Watt) 
if I remember right was  a shiva bhakthai and
there were some admixtures among icons.

V.Sadagopan  



>Thank you for the information regarding the Perumal in
>Nepal.
>In this image file taken from Angkor Wat temple in
>Cambodia:
>It is mentioned that this is Lord Maha Vishnu, but he
>looks like Budhha please explain.
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