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My Son D

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 D comprises two rectangular buildings, D1 nd D2. These are the Mandapa outside the enclosure of My Son Group B and Group C. These Mandapa are rectangular in plan and were roofed with tiles, which are not survived nowadays. The walls are decorated with pilasters and niches and punctuated by the windows decorated with balustrades.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodMy Son A1
Age10th Century
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite
Religion and beliefThis temple is supposed to be one of the temples dedicated to Bhadreshvara, the most sacred Linga of Champa kingdom.
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