My Son

My Son is the largest and most impressive Cham site. Cham kings built many buildings at My Son over the centuries, so that the temples range in date from the 8th to the 13th centuries. There were once more than seventy buildings, though only twenty survive today - much damage was done to the site during the Vietnam-American War. My Son is remote, around 70 kilometres (43 miles) West of Da Nang. Getting there today is an adventure and a chance to see some of the beautiful countryside of Vietnam.

The temples are grouped into a number of different sanctuaries, each designated by a letter. You can jump straight to:

Group A
General View
The Altar of A1

Groups B, C and D
General View of Groups B, C and D from the North-West
General View of Groups B, C and D from the South-East
General View D1, D2 and the Other Sanctuaries
D2, the Mandapa to Group C
Gateway to Group C (C2)
Main Kalan (Temple) C1
Small Kalans C5, C6 & C7
D1, the Mandapa to Group B
General View of C3, B6 and B5 with the remains of B1
Vestibule of Kalan (Temple) B4
Kosha Graha (Treasury) B5
Small Kalan B8
Column Capitals, no longer in place
Beautifully carved base, no longer in place
Cult-Statue of Shiva, no longer in place

Group E
General View of Group E
Kosha Graha (Treasury) E7

Group F
Kalan (Temple) F1

Group G
Kalan (Temple) G1 from the South
Kalan (Temple) G1 from the North-West
Detail of the Kala masks on the base of G1

Group H
Kalan (Temple) H1