Thiên Y A Na
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Thiên Y A Na is a Vietnamese goddess. She is worshipped in the Vietnamese folk religion and Đạo Mẫu, the mother goddess beliefs. She is also known as Lady Po Nagar, the Cham deity from whom she origin
Statue of Mẫu Thiên Y A Na
The altar of Thiên Y A Na at Po Nagar, Nha Trang
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Thap Nhan Hindu temple, Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen province, Vietnam 108
Chams
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The Chams, or Champa people, are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia and are the original inhabitants of central Vietnam and coastal Cambodia before the arrival of the Cambodians and Vietna
Cham women performing a traditional dance in Nha Trang, Vietnam
Traditional Cham women's clothes
Depiction of Cham naval soldiers fighting against the Khmer, stone relief at the Bayon
The Chams decorated their temples with stone reliefs depicting the gods such as garuda fighting the nāga (12th-13th century CE)