Honoring the special national monument of Ponagar Tower Nha Trang

Khanh Hoa province held a ceremony to receive a certificate recognizing Ponagar Tower Nha Trang as a special national monument.

Representative of Khanh Hoa province received the certificate of special national monument - Photo: TRAN HOAI

On the evening of July 10, the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province held a ceremony to announce and receive the certificate of ranking the Ponagar Tower as a special national relic and the national intangible cultural heritage of agarwood exploitation and processing knowledge.

This is an opportunity to honor two long-standing cultural heritages, closely associated with the lives of local residents, the pride of the locality, thereby promoting cultural colors to friends at home and abroad.

Mr. Tran Quoc Nam - Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee - said that Ponagar Tower Nha Trang has special values in terms of architecture, art, culture and history.

"The Ponagar Tower relic contains typical values and long-standing traditional cultural beliefs of the Vietnamese and Cham ethnic communities. It still preserves 14 royal decrees and 28 inscriptions on steles along with many other rare artifacts.

This place has become a center of worship for the Holy Mother Thien Y Ana - who is honored by the people as the Mother of the land of the South Central region, to pray for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather, a peaceful life, prosperity and happiness," said Mr. Nam.

Previously, the Prime Minister decided to rank 5 special national relics.

Ponagar Tower Nha Trang on the poetic Cai River - Photo: TRAN HOAI

Among them, the architectural and artistic relic of Ponagar Tower in Khanh Hoa was officially recognized as a special national relic.

Ponagar Tower is located in Bac Nha Trang ward and was ranked as a national monument in 1979.

The Ponagar Tower relic was built by the Cham people from the 8th to 13th centuries on Cu Lao hill to worship Goddess Ponagar, the Mother of the Cham people, so it is commonly called Ponagar Tower.

Currently, Ponagar Tower is a famous tourist attraction for visitors to Nha Trang.

Besides Ponagar Tower, Khanh Hoa agarwood exploitation and processing knowledge has also been officially recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.

According to the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province, there are currently many craft villages, cooperatives, and households exploiting and processing agarwood, creating unique handicraft products such as agarwood incense, agarwood bracelets, agarwood essential oil, etc.

Through the flow of time and history, the profession of exploiting and processing Khanh Hoa agarwood is still preserved, passed down, maintained, and developed by the people, creating the famous Khanh Hoa agarwood brand.

TRAN HOAI

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/vinh-danh-di-tich-quoc-gia-dac-biet-thap-ba-ponagar-nha-trang-2025071021242069.htm