A tour around Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture

Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, one of the oldest museums in Vietnam dating back from 1915, is located near the Han River in Hai Chau district in the central city of Da Nang.

The museum houses about 2,000 artifacts of different shapes and sizes (Photo: VNA)

Exhibited items are classified into the categories of  My Son (the most sacred place of the Champa kingdom), Tra Kieu relic, and Dong Duong (a Buddhist center of Champa on the plain about 20 kilometers south of My Son), among others.(Photo: VNA)

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Altar E1 (Photo: VNA)

The birth of Brahma (Photo: VNA)

Shiva, one of the principal deities of Hinduism (Photo: VNA)

A Shiva linga, an abstract of the Hindu deity Shiva  (Photo: VNA)

Apsara, a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist culture(Photo: VNA)

Stele century VII(Photo: VNA)

Goddess Tara (Photo: VNA)

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Makara, a sea-creature in Hindu culture (Photo: VNA)

Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism (Photo: VNA)

 Skanda, a Hindu deity (Photo: VNA)

Ganesha, one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon (Photo: VNA)

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