Thousands attend Ponagar Temple Festival

Wednesday, 17:56, 10/05/2023

VOV.VN - Thousands of tourists and pilgrims from across the country have flocked to the coastal city of Nha Trang over recent days to attend the Ponagar Temple Festival.

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thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 1 — The festival aims to pay tribute to Goddess Thien Y A Na, the Holy Mother of the Cham ethnic minority community in the central region, who, according to Cham legend, taught local people how to successfully cultivate crops and produce handicrafts.

thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 2 — The event is observed annually from the 20th day to the 23rd day of the third lunar month.

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thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 4 — The opening day of the festival sees thousands of pilgrims and tourists flock to the main tower at the relic site in order to make offerings to the Holy Mother.

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thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 6 — This year’s festival will feature traditional rites, such as clothes changing for the Holy Mother, the statue bathing rite, a ceremony to pray for peace and prosperity, as well as an incense offering ceremony.

thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 7 — People make offerings which include items such as incense, ﬂowers, fruit, and candles.

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thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 9 — Furthermore, a wide range of cultural activities honouring the spiritual life of the ethnic people in the south-central region is also held during the festival.

thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 10 — Ponagar Temple, built more than 1,200 years ago, is an architectural work typical of the Cham aesthetic.

thousands attend ponagar temple festival picture 11 — In 2012, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism named the Ponagar festival as part of the nation’s intangible heritage.