Lines blurring between Hindu tantra and Cambodian Buddhism show up whenever protective mantras are intoned or intricate yantras are sketched onto walls or cloth. A few practices still riding that ancient wave include:

1. Mantra recitation
   • Sanskrit seed syllables—like “Om Hring” or “Aim Kleem”—woven into Pali chants, believed to unlock protective energies.
   • Chantmasters at pagodas quietly insert these potent lines during blessing ceremonies for newborns or new homes.

2. Yantra drawings
   • Geometric diagrams—yantras—appear on amulets, temple murals and even funeral cloths.
   • Village spirit mediums trace them in chalk around shrines, calling on deities like Shiva or protective spirits known locally as neak ta.

3. Mudra gestures
   • Derived from Hindu hand seals, used in classical Apsara dance and temple rites. Each bend of finger or wrist channels specific blessings—prosperity, health, or warding off evil.
   • During water-sprinkling ceremonies, priests form mudras to “seal” the lustral power, a direct heirloom of tantric abhisheka rituals.

4. Protective tattoos and cloth amulets
   • Sak yant–style tattoos once more visible on fishermen and farmers, their designs borrowed from Khmer yantras.
   • Blessed cloth squares—prajna phii—inscribed with mantras, tucked into walls or carried in satchels.

5. Ritual astrology and divination
   • Dates for temple festivals or house-blessing rites are still chosen by consulting planetary charts, an inheritance from Hindu jyotisha.
   • Palm-leaf diviners whisper Sanskrit verses to unlock one’s fortune, especially before weddings or land sales.

These echoes of Hindu tantra haven’t gone unnoticed by UNESCO, which in its 2023 update highlighted the fusion of Brahmanical rites and Theravada devotion at Angkor ceremonies. Even after centuries, communities hold tight to these devotional tools—proof that cultural threads, once spun, seldom unravel completely.