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My Son C1
Keywords : Linga, My Son, Bhadreshvara, Champa, Dancing Shiva
| Site common name | My Son |
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| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | Duy Xuyen |
| State | Quang Nam |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 15.784722 Long : 108.107778 |
| History of production | My 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. |
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| Art | My Son C1 is the main tower of My Son Group C and is the only main temple in Cham art which is of rectangular plan. The roof is of wagon-liked elongate roof. (called as Shala roof in South Indian terminology) As this temple is in rectangular plan, the longer side is punctuated by 7 pilasters (only 6 are visible as it is obscured by the central niche). The double-arched niche indicates the continuation from Dong Dzuong style but it is not elongated as that of Dong Dzoung. Insidethe niche there is the guarding holding club, the character of My Son style. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | My Son A1 |
| Age | 10th Century |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Sect | Shaivite |
| Religion and belief | This temple is supposed to be one of the temples dedicated to Bhadreshvara, the most sacred Linga of Champa kingdom. |
| Related artwork | There discovered lots of Shivalinga, Hindu statues as well as the tympanum depicting dancing Shiva from My Son. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
