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Chien Dan

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Site common nameChien Dan
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityTam Ky
StateQuang Nam
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 15.615556
Long : 108.442222

History of productionChien Dan is the triple towers arranged in the same line. The central one is the biggest while the flanked ones are smaller. The central one is decorated with the narrative.
ArtThis temple can be dated to the Early Binh Dinh period as the triple temple and the style of the pilaster are typical to this period.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBinh Dinh, The early Bin Din
Age10th-11th Century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
Related artworkThe narrative and the sculptures found from this temple are of Hinduism, hence this temple was dedicate to this religion. However, we don’t know to which sect this temple was dedicated.

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