Mahligai temple is a high stupa is flanked by the ruins of several other brick shrine. High form different from normally bell-shaped Buddhist stupas found on Java. The temple is constructed of river stones, sandstone and brick ground and restored in 1980.
The complex is surrounded by a wall 74m x 74 m, with another earthen rampart 1.5km x 1.5 km around this, extends to the edge of the river Kampar Kanan. In the old temple walls are found, CandiBungsu, Mahligai stupa and Palangkaraya. The compound is also found a mound believed to be the place for cremation.
These residual Buddhist puzzling for archaeologists to date they actually built, which they estimate to have been built either in 2, 4 or 7 9th century.
It is, however, known that during the 10th century, the kingdom of Srivijaya which is located further south near present-day Palembang was a thriving learning center for Buddhism, where even Chinese pilgrims said to study on Sumatra first before proceeding to India.
It is said that the brick temple built in the village MuaraTakus Ponkai above the temple complex, where inhabitants carried the bricks, handing it to one another in the long line to the complex. This means that the temple was built together with the residents.
MuaraTakus complex is the only temple complex found in Riau, evidence that Buddhism has spread here during the early centuries.
MuaraTakus temple can be reached by road either from Padang, West Sumatra or from Pekanbaru, Riau.yang is one of the tourist attractions in Indonesia which consists of several islands.
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