Ponagar tower

Location: Thap Ba Po Nagar is situated on a small hill, the mouth of the Cai and Highway 1A, Vinh Phuoc ward, north of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province.
Characteristics: Po Nagar Cham Tower is a typical work for the art of architecture and sculpture Cham, has existed over 10 centuries.
Po Nagar Cham Tower center is less than two kilometers, is nestled on the beautiful Cai River, adjacent to the bridge Hamlet Football, where the most populous metropolitan area. It looks like any visitor to Nha Trang also included the first visit to Temple on the journey to discover this coastal city.

Located in Cu Lao hill 20 m high, according to data of the researchers, the previously under Panduranga dynasty, capital movements took place, the construction of large tower group consists of 5 different small towers, currently this tower has lost a trace, and the construction of the first tower had been destroyed by war.

774 years is king Satysuaman cluster of towers under construction and continue to be devastating. The current cluster of towers built in 965 by the King Jaya Indravarman 22.5m I. In high main tower and Po Nagar statue set in stone, it is the former statues made of gold were looted. 2.6m high statue has 10 hands sitting on a large Yoni 1.5m square edges.

Due to the technical construction of 10 centuries ago, but so far the researchers, professionals who have yet to understand how to Cham bricks 20cm x 20cm size stack snugly on top of each other without a adhesives do? The sustainability of the 10 century, although he had been shaken by the destruction of nature, but not collapsed is remarkable.

Temple Restoration work lasted from 2000 to 2003 has been completed, Temple has become a cultural landmark and is a stopover tourists to Nha Trang.

In addition, an internal road construction at the foot of Temple, to help visitors can stroll, watching the Cai River and go all round the tower. Besides, a system of fence around the tower had just completed, the stairs up the tower for many years did not use were also recovered. Temple is a unique tour of Cham towers located at the gateway to the city of Nha Trang.