The ruins of Kawara-dera Temple have been designated as a National Historic Site, and currently Gufuku-ji Temple, which belongs to the Toyama school of the Shingon sect and which inherited the light of Buddhism from Kawara-dera Temple, stands over what used to be the Chukon-do Hall (Middle Golden Hall).
川原寺跡は国の史跡に指定されており、現在はかつての中金堂跡に川原寺の法灯を継ぐ真言宗豊山派の寺院・弘福寺が建つ。