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 Mỹ
Sơn
is a
Hindu
temple
complex,
located
in
the
village
of
Duy
Phú,
in
the
administrative
district
of
Duy
Xuyên
in
Quảng
Nam
province
in
Central
Vietnam,
69km
southwest
of
Da
Nang,
and
approximately
10
km
from
the
historic
town
of
Trà
Kiệu.
It
comprises
many
Champa
temples,
in a
valley
roughly
two
kilometres
wide,
surrounded
by
two
mountain
ranges.
It
was
the
site
of
religious
ceremony
of
kings
of
the
Champa
dynasty,
and
was
also
a
burial
place
of
Champa
royals
and
national
heroes.
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The
Mỹ
Sơn
temple
complex
is
one
of
the
foremost
temple
complexes
of
Hinduism
in
South
East
Asia
and
is
the
foremost
heritage
site
of
this
nature
in
Vietnam. |
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This
temple
complex
is
often
popularly
compared
to
other
temple
complexes
in
South
east
Asia,
such
as
Borobodur
(Indonesia),
Angkor
Wat
(Cambodia),
Pagan
(Myanmar)
and
Ayutthaya
(Thailand).
As
of
1999,
My
Son
has
been
selected
by
UNESCO
as a
world
heritage
listed
site,
at
its
23rd
meeting,
under
the
criteria
C
(II)
as
an
example
displaying
the
evolution
and
change
in
culture,
and
criteria
C
(III)
as a
foremost
evidence
of
Asian
civilisation
which
is
now
extinct. |
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