Yang Prong Tower

Yang Prong Tower
Yang Prong Tower is located in Vietnam
Yang Prong Tower
Location in Vietnam
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
ProvinceĐắk Lắk
DeityShiva
Location
LocationEa Rốk
CountryVietnam
Coordinates13°12′35.8″N 107°49′50.7″E / 13.209944°N 107.830750°E / 13.209944; 107.830750
Architecture
TypeChampa
Completedlate 13th century
Website
Tháp Yang Prong (Dak Lak Museum)

Yang Prong Tower is a Cham temple tower located in Ea Rốk commune, Ea Súp district, Đắk Lắk province, Vietnam, about 100 km from Buôn Ma Thuột.

History

The tower was first described by French ethnographer Henri Maitre in his book Les jungles Moï.[1]

Yang Prong means "Great Gods" in the local Jarai language. The tower was built in the late 13th century under Jaya Simhavarman III. It is the only Cham tower in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.[2][3]

On August 3, 1991, the Yang Prong Tower was classified as a national monument[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Maître, Henri (1912). Les Jungles Moï
  2. ↑ Nguyễn Thị Hoà (2016). Tháp Yang Prong
  3. ↑ Lương Thanh Sơn (2021). The penetration of Buddhism in Dak Lak Province
  4. ↑ Tháp Chăm Yang Prông: Trùng tu như thế nên chăng?. Tuổi Trẻ News.
  5. ↑ Tháp Yang Prong. Dak Lak Museum.
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