The main tower
About 25 metres of brick.
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A group of Cham temple towers on a hill above the mouth of the Cai River, on the northern edge of Nha Trang. A stele records that the temple stood here before 781, when the Cham king Satyavarman restored it after raiders from the sea had sacked it, and the brick towers that survive date from between the eighth and the thirteenth centuries. The complex rises in three levels: a gateway at the foot, a hall of brick pillars that once carried a roof, and at the top four surviving towers, the tallest about 25 metres high. It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the mother goddess of the Cham people, whom Vietnamese worshippers later took up as Thien Y A Na, and the site is still an active place of worship for both communities; its main festival falls in the third lunar month. Modest dress, covering shoulders and knees, is required. The visit takes under an hour, and the top of the hill looks out over the river mouth and the fishing boats below.
About 25 metres of brick.
Brick pillars that held a roof.
The river and fishing boats.
Cu Lao hill at the river mouth, northern edge of Nha Trang
Yes. Cham and Vietnamese worshippers both come here, and its main festival falls in the third lunar month, so modest dress is required.
