Vietnam in 2006

Cham towers of Po Nagar (a goddess) near Nha .Trang, Vietnam. Built in the 13th-14th century of brick without mortar, they were abandoned after the end of the Champa kingdom in the 18th century. Recently revived as a place of worship for the local Champa people, a minority in the Vietnamese population. A young Vietnamese woman in blue denim shorts takes an incense stick from the cauldron set up just in front of one of the temples..

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Cham towers of Po Nagar (a goddess) near Nha .Trang, Vietnam. Built in the 13th-14th century of brick without mortar, they were abandoned after the end of the Champa kingdom in the 18th century. Recently revived as a place of worship for the local Champa people, a minority in the Vietnamese population. A young Vietnamese woman in blue denim shorts takes an incense stick from the cauldron set up just in front of one of the temples..