During an ordinary walk in search of the mythical beasts of Preah Khan, the Garudas, I was introduced to two forsaken, beautiful, publicly known as apsaras or devatas, but sometimes referred as some revered deities and other times as some uncertain “Queens.”

Cambodian history has accounted the two sisters, Indradevi and Jayarajadevi, merely as devout Buddhists, wives of King Jayavarman VII. However, the two Queens were the ingenious co-architects of King Jayavarman VII's Khmer Empire in the 12th century. The Queens were philosophers, theologians, and victorious war leaders. Together, the royal triad built roads, canals, schools, monasteries, temples, and hospitals.

Yet, why had these most important, influential Queens been neglected in the dark, scruffy, filthy, undignified and dilapidated chamber under a collapsed roof of falling stone?

Except for their few, well meaning accolades; however, short on indepth history the historians had in mind a "presumed" image that of Queen Jayarajadevi. Whereas, the locals call the same image Queen Indradevi. Yet, King Jayavarman VII deified this image as his mother.