Mendut Temple

Mendut older than Borobudur temple. There is a story for children on the walls.
Mendut located 3 km to the east of Borobudur, a Buddhist temple built in 824 AD by King's sense of dynastic dynasty. Inside Mendut there are 3 (three) big statue.Cakyamuni who was sitting cross-legged with the hands turning the wheel of dharma.Awalokiteswara as Bodhi Satwa help mankind. Awalokiteswara is a statue of Amitabha which is above the crown, Vajrapani. She is holding a red lotus flowers placed on the palm of the hand.Maitreya as the savior of the human in the future
There is a story for children on the walls. The temple is often used to celebrate the Vesakceremony each May on the night of full moon and visited by pilgrims from Indonesia and foreign countries.

This temple is older than Borobudur temple. The architecture was rectangular and hasentrances on the ladder. The roof is also square and terraced, there is a stupa on top of it.

Pawon Temple

Pawon not a tomb, but rather as a place to store weapons Sense King named Vajranala.
Pawon located 1.5 km to the west of Mendut and to the east of the Borobudur Temple,also a Buddhist temple. When examined in detail in relief, turned out to be the beginning of the reliefs of Borobudur Temple.

Many people think Pawon is a tomb, but after examination proved to be a place to storeweapons Sense King named Vajranala. The temple is made ​​of volcanic stone. Judgingfrom the art building is a combination of art and buildings of ancient Javanese Hindu India.Pawon located right on the axis lines connecting Borobudur and Mendut.

The possibility of this temple was built to Kubera. This temple is located on the upperterrace and the stairs are rather wide. All parts are decorated with stupa (dagoba) andouter walls with symbolic pictures.

Muara Takus Temple

The temple is located in the Village Barelang Barelang, District Thirteen Koto Kampar, Kampar regency, Riau Province. The distance from Pekanbaru, the capital city of Riau province, about 128 km. The trip to the Village Barelang can only be done by road, which was from Pekanbaru to the United Kingdom until the Estuary Mahat. From Mahat Estuary through a small path leading to the village Barelang.

Barelang temple complex is the only relic of history that shaped temple in Riau. Temple nuanced Buddhistis this is proof that Buddhism once flourished in this region. However, archaeological experts have not been able to determine exactly when this temple was founded.There are two opinions about behalf Barelang. The first claims that the name was taken from the name of a small river which empties into the named Takus Right Kampar River.Another opinion says that Barelang consists of two words, namely "estuary" and "Takus".The word "estuary" memunyai understanding the obvious, which is a place to end a river flows into the sea or into larger rivers, while the word "Takus" comes from Chinese, Ta mean big, I mean old, and Se means temple or shrine . So the overall sense of the word Barelang is a big old temple located at the mouth of the river.


Barelang Temple is a Buddhist temple, visible from the stupa, which is a symbol of Gautama Buddha. There are opinions that say that this temple is a mixture of forms of Buddha and Shiva temple. The opinion is based on the shape of Mahligai Temple, one of the buildings in the temple complex Barelang, which resembles the shape of phallus (male) and yoni (female genitals). The architecture of this temple also has similarities with the architecture of the temples in Myanmar. Barelang Temple is a complex consisting of several buildings.

The main building is called Tuo Temple. This temple is 32.80 mx 21.80 m and is the largest building between existing buildings. It lies to the north of Temple Youngest. On its east and west there are stairs, which according to the original estimate decorated stupas, while at the bottom of the decorated statue of a seated lion. The building is memunyai side pieces 36 and consists of base I, II feet, body and top. The top has been damaged and stones have a lot missing.

Tuo Temple was built from a mixture of molded brick and sandstone (tuff). Tuo Temple Restoration implemented gradually due to the limited budget available. In 1990, base I on the east side. During the 1992/1993 fiscal year restoration was continued on the west side (legs I and II). The total building volume of 2235 m3, consisting of: feet: 2028 m3, body: 150 m3, and the peak: 57 m3. Building height reached 8.50 m.

The second building called the Temple Mahligai. The building is square with size 10.44 mx 10.60 m. Height up to 14.30 m standing on top of the octagonal foundations (astakoma) and bersisikan as many as 28 pieces. At its base there are multiple and lotus in the middle rose a tower that looks like a phallus (yoni).

In 1860, a Dutch archaeologist named Cornel de Groot visited Barelang. At that time, on every side he still found a statue of a seated lion. Currently these statues have disappeared. To the east, there is a square terrace with size 5.10 x 5.10 m with a staircase at the front. 423.20 volumes Mahligai m3yang Temple building consisting of 275.3 m3 volume of the legs, the body is 66.6 m3 and 81.3 m3 peak. Mahligai restored temple began in 1978 and completed in 1983.

The third building called the Temple Palangka, located 3.85 m east of Temple Mahligai.The building is composed of red bricks that are not printed. Palangka Temple is the temple of the smallest, the recesses of the stone is not the same preparation with Mahligai temple walls. Before the redeveloped base was buried about one meter. Palangka restored temple began in 1987 and completed in 1989. Restoration was carried out only in the legs and body of the temple, because the top is still found in 1860 no longer exist. In the north there is a staircase that has been damaged, so it can not know the original form.Foot octagonal temple with a corner lot, a length of 6.60 m, width 5.85 m and 1.45 m height from ground level with a volume of 52.9 m3.


The building named Temple the fourth youngest. Youngest of the temple is located west of Temple Mahligai. The building is made of two types of rocks, namely sandstone (tuff) located on the front, while the bricks found on the back. Restoration of this temple began in 1988 and was completed in 1990. Through restoration of the temple was restored to its original shape, ie rectangular with size 7.50 mx 16.28 m. The top is not restored, because the form is unknown. Height 6.20 m after restoration of the soil surface, and volume of 365.8 m3.

According to the image created by J.W. Yzerman together with TH. A.F. Delprat and Opziter (cinder) H.L. Leijdie Melvile, on top of a building made of red brick are 8 pieces of small stupas surrounding a large stupa. On top of buildings made of sandstone (tuff) there is a large tupa. In the east there is a ladder made of sandstone.

Besides the buildings above, in the north, or right in front of the gate Tuo Temple there is a pile of soil that has two holes. This place is estimated to the kiln body. A single hole to enter the body and the other for removing ashes. These burial places, including in the maintenance because it is in the complex enshrinement. In the pile of soil that contained pebbles derived from the Kampar River. On the outside Barelang temple complex, which in some places around the village of Muarata Takus, also allegedly found a few buildings that still closely associated with this temple.