Po Klong Garai Tower - attractive destination of Ninh Thuan VIETNAM
Po Klong Garai Tower Special National Monument (Do Vinh ward, Phan Rang - Thap Cham city), one of the unique artistic architectural works, containing proud cultural and historical values of the community. Cham ethnic group. This place is an attractive destination of Ninh Thuan province.
According to researchers, the Po Klong Garai tower complex has unique architectural and sculptural art that still exists relatively intact and is among the most beautiful of the Cham temples in Vietnam today. The tower was built around the end of the 13th and early 14th centuries to worship King Po Klong Garai (1151 - 1205), a king who had many achievements in building irrigation systems to develop agriculture in the locality. Cham people have been grateful and worshiped for hundreds of years
Po Klong Garai Tower is about 300 meters from Highway 27. This is a complex of 3 towers, including the Gate tower (5.10 meters long, 4.85 meters wide, 5.65 meters high), the Fire tower (8.18 meters long, 5 meters wide, 9.31 meters high) and Main tower (13.8 meters long, 10.71 meters wide, 20.5 meters high). Through many ups and downs of time, the Po Klong Garai tower still retains its delicate and sharp lines, with dark red brick color and glued together with a special construction technique, which has not yet been solved. code.
Looking at the small patterns on the tower, Mr. Tran Dinh Thuc, a tourist from Hanoi shared: After hundreds of years, the Po Klong Garai towers are still intact, standing tall between heaven and earth like a challenge. wind, rain, hot sun, truly admire the construction art of the ancients. I will introduce my friends to come here to admire and learn about the tower's architectural art style and the culture and beliefs of the Cham people in Ninh Thuan.
Every year, at the Po Klong Garai tower, many important cultural, religious and belief activities of the Cham people take place. Coming to Po Klong Garai tower on major holidays such as the New Year ceremony, rain praying ceremony, especially the Kate festival, visitors will be immersed in the jubilant and bustling atmosphere of festival rituals. In addition, visitors can also witness around the tower hundreds of trays of offerings of fruit, cakes, chicken, goat, wine, and betel and areca from Cham families offering to the gods to pray for happiness. , abundant crops.
Director of Ninh Thuan Provincial Monument Management Board said: In order to promote the value of this special national monument recognized in 2016, in recent times, the province has synchronously implemented restoration and renovation projects. , embellishing monuments to serve the cultural and religious needs of the people. At the same time, build many attractive cultural tourism programs taking place at the tower to attract tourists to visit, research and learn about heritage values, thereby introducing the unique culture of the Cham people. .
