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Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan · 11.6011°, 108.9469°
A hilltop Cham brick group above Phan Rang raised toward the end of the thirteenth century under Jaya Simhavarman III, though earlier steles, including one of 1050 commemorating a Cham victory over Panduranga, suggest it replaced or enlarged older structures. Three brick towers survive, a three-storeyed main tower, a smaller gate tower and a long saddle-roofed building, and the sanctum holds a sixteenth- or seventeenth-century mukhalinga that Cham worshippers treat as an image of the king himself. The site remains in active use for Cham festivals.
Po Klong Garai, whose name means great water-dragon sovereign, is remembered as a cowherd who rose to the throne, ruled wisely, turned back a Khmer invasion by winning a tower-building contest, and became a protective deity after his death.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Champa