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Dancing Shiva from the pediment of Po Kluang Karai

Keywords : Shiva, Champa, Dancing Shiva, Panduranga, Po Kluang Karai

Site common namePo Klaung Karai
Type of artworkSculpture
Village-
Province/CityPhan Rang
StateNinh Thuan
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 11.601667
Long : 108.946667

History of productionPo Kluang Karai was built curing the decline period of Champa. Because of the invasion of the Viets, The Chams shifted their capital to Panduranga. This temple is dedicated to Shiva and is considered to be the loftiest and the most beautiful temple of the later period.
ArtAlthough the temple is dated to the 13th century, the tympanum depicting the dancing Shiva is dated earlier as belonging to Binh Dinh style. This tympanum was re-used. The crown of Shiva, decorated with the series of tiny triangle elements forming the whole crown in triangular shape, is comparable to the normal style of Binh Dinh crown. The triangular cloth in the front of the lower garment is also the characteristic of the period.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBinh Dinh
Age10th -12th century
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite

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