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 MUARA TAKUS TEMPLE

Candi Muara Takus is a Buddhist temple located in Riau, Indonesia. Muara Takus temple located in the village of precisely Barelang, region XIII Koto Kampar Regency or the distance is about 135 kilometers from the city of Pekanbaru, Riau. The distance among this temple in the village center Barelang around 2.5 miles and not too far from the side of the Kampar River Right. This temple be hemmed in by a wall measuring 74 x 74 meters outside the walls there are also arealnya sized ground 1.5 x 1.5 kilometers surrounding this complex to Kampar Kanan river.

In this temple there are also old temple buildings, temples and Mahligai Youngest Stupa and Palangka. Muara Takus temple building material composed of sandstone, river rock and brick. According to native inhabitants, bricks for this building built in the village Pongkai, a village located on the downstream side of the temple area. Former mining land for the bricks until now considered as a highly respected populations. To bring bricks to the temple, done in relay from hand to hand. This story must be true although not yet give the impression that Muara Takus temple building was the work together and do by the crowds.

Besides from the Old Temple, Temple Puisne, and Palangka Mahligai Stupa, in the temple block was also found that mound kiln is otherwised as human bones. Outside that area there are also temple is made of brick, which has not been built types of buildings.