Thursday, November 14, 2013

@ Candi Muara Takus Jambi

Muara Takus temple site is a site which is located at the Buddhist temple in the village Muara Takus , District XIII Koto Kampar regency , Riau , Indonesia . The site is located approximately 135 kilometers from the city of Pekanbaru, Sumatera.

Muara Takus temple site was surrounded by a wall measuring 74 x 74 meters , which is made ​​of high white stone wall with ± 80 cm , outside their area there is also a wall of land measuring 1.5 x 1.5 kilometers, around the edge of this complex to the Kampar River sampal right . In the complex there are some buildings called temples temples eldest / old , Candi Young, Mahligai Stupa and Palangkaraya .

Archaeological experts have not been able to determine exactly when this temple site was established . Some say the fourth century , some say the seventh century , the ninth century even in the eleventh century . But this temple is considered to have been there in the golden age of Sriwijaya ,one pf biggest old kingdom in Indonesia, so some historians consider this region is one of the administrative center of the kingdom of Srivijaya . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

In 2009 Temple Muara Takus nominated to be one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site .



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