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Details of upper mouldings: My Son C1

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

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 productionAdjacent to the sacred mountain of Champa kingdom, My son becomes the place where the sacred Linga of the kingdom named “Bhadreśvara” had been enshrined. Several kings of Champa from 6th-10th centuries have established a number of temples dedicated to this holy Linga. My son group A,B,C,D is dated to the 10th century.
ArtMy Son C1 is the tower datable to My Son A1 period as the flute in the middle of the pilaster is continued up to the capital. The capital is complicated with the convex and concave mouldings, more complicated than the earlier-period ones. However, because the capital is lack of ornament, the temple seems to be unfinished.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodMy Son A1
Age10th Century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite
Religion and beliefThis is one of the temple dedicated to the sacred Linga of the Champa kingdom named “Bhadreśvara”.
Related artworkThere discovered a number of Linga and Hindu statues here, including a tympanum depicting the dance of Śiva.

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