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Pilaster at Hoa Lai

Keywords : Hoa Lai, Cham, Champa

Site common nameHoa Lai
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityPhan Rang
StateNinh Thuan
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 11.676944
Long : 109.035833

History of productionDuring the 8th-9th centuries, the capital of Champa was shifted to the region of Pāṇḍuranga in the south. (nowadays Phan Rang). Despite lacking of any documentary evidence, the style of this temple is datable to the same period, corresponding to the history.
ArtHoa Lai is assigned to the early phase of Cham architecture as there are merely four pilasters on each side of the body. The pilaster is decorated with the motif band, typical to Hoa Lai period. This kind of decoration is also similar to Indian art. The capital is strikingly ornamented with the statue of Garuḍa holding Nāga. The bird-faced Garuḍa with beak is important as it is different form the human-faced one in Indian art.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodHoa Lai
Age7th-8th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism

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