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{{See also | Art of Champa }}
[[File:Tháp Po Klaung Garai, Phan Rang, Ninh Thuận.JPG|left|thumb|[[Po Klong Garai Temple]] near [[Phan Rang]]]]
The profile of the 13th-century [[Po Klong Garai Temple]] near [[Phan Rang]] includes all the buildings typical of a Cham temple. From left to right one can see the ''gopura'', the saddle-shaped ''kosagrha'', and ''mandapa'' attached to the ''kalan'' tower.

Between the 6th and the 16th century, the Kingdom of [[Champa]] flourished in present-day central and southern [[Vietnam]]. Unlike the Javanese that mostly used volcanic [[andesite]] stone for their temples, and [[Khmer people|Khmer]] of [[Angkor]] which mostly employed grey [[sandstone]]s to construct their religious buildings, the [[Cham people|Cham]] built their temples from reddish [[brick]]s. The most important remaining sites of Cham bricks temple architecture include [[Mỹ Sơn]] near [[Da Nang]], [[Po Nagar]] near [[Nha Trang]], and [[Po Klong Garai]] near Phan Rang.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Typically, a Cham temple complex consisted of several different kinds of buildings. They are ''kalan'', a brick sanctuary, typically in the form of a tower with ''garbahgriha'' used to host the murti of deity. A ''mandapa'' is an entry hallway connected with a sanctuary. A ''kosagrha'' or "fire-house" is a temple construction typically with a saddle-shaped roof, used to house the valuables belonging to the deity or to cook for the deity. The ''gopura'' was a gate-tower leading into a walled temple complex. These building types are typical for Hindu temples in general; the classification is valid not only for the architecture of Champa, but also for other architectural traditions of Greater India.