Muara Takus Temple Site is surrounded by a wall measuring 74 x 74 meters, made of white stone wall to the height ± 80 cm, outside their area of land there is also a wall measuring 1.5 x 1.5 kilometers, surrounded this complex sampal Right to the Kampar River. Inside the complex there are several temples called Candi sulung /tua, Candi Bungsu, Mahligai Stupa and Palangka.
Archaeological experts have not been able to determine exactly when the temple site was established. Some say the fourth century, some say the seventh century, nineteenth century and even in the eleventh century. But this temple is considered to have been there in the heyday of Srivijaya, so that some historians consider this region is one of the central government of the kingdom of Srivijaya.
In 2009 Temple Barelang nominated to become one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Muara Takus Temple is the oldest temple sites in Sumatra, was the only site in the form of heritage temples in Riau. This Buddhist temple is a proof that Buddhism once flourished in this region.
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