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My Son Group B

Keywords : Linga, My Son, Bhadreshvara, Champa, Yoni

Site common nameMy Son
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityDuy Xuyen
StateQuang Nam
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 15.784722
Long : 108.107778

History of productionMy Son is the sacred site of the Kingdom of Champa where the holy mountain locates. The sacred Sivalinga of the kingdom entitled Bhadreshvara used to be enshrined here also. Cham kings from the 5th-10th century have continuously dedicated lots of temples to the sacred Linga. My Son group A,B,C,D belong to the 10th century.
ArtMy Son Group B is the example of the temple complex in Cham art. The temples inside the complex are normally arranged without the symmetry. Inside the complex there are the main tower, the subsidiary towers, rectangular temple, the gateway, the enclosure and the outside Mandapa.
PeriodHistorical Period
Age10th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite
Religion and beliefBhadreshvara, the most sacred Linga in the kingdom, is connectible to the mountain. He was considered to be the god of northern Campa. Differently, Parvati or Bhagavati is considered to be the god of Southern Champa, is connected with the Yoni, river or sea.
Related artworkThere discovered lots of Shivalinga, Hindu statues as well as the tympanum depicting dancing Shiva from My Son.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali