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  • Day 12

    Hoi An - Mỹ Sơn

    February 29 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Text borrowed from Wikipedia due to laziness to write something myself:

    Mỹ Sơn

    Religion
    Affiliation Hinduism
    Province Quảng Nam
    Deity Śiva, Bhadresvara
    Location
    Country Vietnam
    Mỹ Sơn is located in VietnamMỹ Sơn
    Location in Vietnam 200
    Geographic coordinates 15°46′N 108°07′E
    Architecture
    Type Cham
    Completed 4th century AD
    UNESCO World Heritage Site
    Official name My Son Sanctuary
    Criteria Cultural: (ii), (iii)
    Reference 949
    Inscription 1999 (23rd Session)
    Area 142 ha (0.55 sq mi)
    Buffer zone 920 ha (3.6 sq mi)
    Mỹ Sơn (Vietnamese pronunciation: [mǐˀ səːn]) is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Shaiva Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 14th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people.[1][2] The temples are dedicated to the veneration of God in accordance with Shaivism, wherein God is named Shiva, or The Auspicious One. In this particular complex, he is venerated under various local names, the most important of which is Bhadreshvara.
    Mỹ Sơn is located near the village of Duy Phú, in the administrative district of Duy Xuyên in Quảng Nam Province in Central Vietnam, 69 km southwest of Da Nang, and approximately 10 km from the historic Champa capital of Trà Kiệu. The temples are in a valley roughly two kilometres wide that is surrounded by two mountain ranges.
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