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Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa · 12.2653°, 109.1946°
The goddess-temple of the southern Cham realm above the Cai river mouth — a 23 m brick tower to Yan Po Nagar, mother of the kingdom, identified with Bhagavati. Uniquely, worship never stopped changing hands: Vietnamese devotees today honour the same image as the goddess Thien Y A Na, incense unbroken across the transfer of civilisations.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Po Nagar, the Cham mother-goddess, taught the people rice and weaving; the Vietnamese retelling makes her a sandalwood spirit-girl who floated to China, wed a prince, and returned home in the fragrant log — one goddess, two peoples, one shrine.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Champa
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