cham towers (vietnam) - 13 photos

Photos of the My Son and Po Nagar Cham Towers (Nha Trang, Vietnam)

Po Nagar is a Cham temple tower founded sometime before 781 A.D. and located in the medieval principality of Kauthara, near modern Nha Trang in Vietnam. It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the goddess of the country, who came to be identified with the Hindu goddesses Bhagavati and Mahishasuramardini, and who in Vietnamese is called Thiên Y Thánh Mâu.

For more information on the Po Nagar Cham Towers, check this wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_nagar .

Mỹ Sơn is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples in Quảng Nam province, central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 14th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people. The temples are dedicated to the worship of the god Shiva, known under various local names, the most important of which is Bhadreshvara.

For more info on My Son, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n