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ArchitectureMy Son B5
This temple is supposed to be one of the temples dedicated to Bhadreshvara, the most sacred Linga of Champa kingdom.
ArchitectureMy Son C1
My Son C1 is the main tower of My Son Group C and is the only main temple in Cham art which is of rectangular plan. The roof is of wagon-liked elongate roof. (called as Shala roof in South Indian terminology) As this temple is in rectangular plan, the longer side is punctuated by 7 pilasters (only 6 are visible as it is obscured by the central niche). The double-arched niche indicates the continuation from Dong Dzuong style but it is not elongated as that of Dong Dzoung. Insidethe niche there is the guarding holding club, the character of My Son style.
ArchitectureMy Son C1
My Son C1 is the main tower of the complex C and this tower is the only rectangular main tower with the wagon roof. (called as Śālā roof in South Indian term) The front hall or Maṇḍapa is also designed in the wagon-roof rectangular tower. The front hall is decorated with 5 pilasters and the door is decorated with the double-vase-liked column, typical to My Son A1 period.
ArchitectureDetails of upper mouldings: My Son C1
My 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.
ArchitectureMy Son D
My 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.
ArchitectureNiche: Khuong My
At the front portico of Kuong My, there are niches decorated with the Dong Duong style arch. The arch is characterized by the lotus-bud –like apex and the continuous half-arches filled with the floral motifs. The style of arch is similar to that at Dong Duong. However the style of the pilaster is assignable to My Son A1 style.
ArchitecturePilasters : Khuong My
The body of the towers at Kuong My is punctuated with 5 pilasters, only 4 of which are visible as the central one is hidden by the central niche. Each pilaster is decorated with the scrolls ended with the flame-like floral motif, typical to My Son A1 style. The flute in the middle of the pilasters penetrates the capital, also typical to My son A1 style. Nevertheless, the style of the arch of the niche is assigned to Dong Duong style.
SculptureKala-Makara Motif
Because the Indian-Chava influence started to feature again in My Son A1, the patterns on Rahu or dragon, populsr in Chava art, came into popularity again. However, kala-makala motif in My Son A1 has distinctive feature. Makala comes out of the ear of kala. Besides, it spits out chamois on both sides
