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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, (right) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliver remarks on July 8 during the launch of a cultural heritage conservation and restoration partnership at the Prambanan Temple complex in Sleman, Yogyakarta. The two leaders visited the UNESCO World Heritage site to review and advance bilateral cooperation on the restoration and conservation of the Prambanan temple complex. (Antara/Bayu Pratama S.)
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resident Prabowo Subianto and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded the latter's three-day state visit to Indonesia on Tuesday with a tour of Yogyakarta's iconic Prambanan Temple, underscoring the centuries-old cultural and civilizational ties that continue to shape relations between the two countries.
The day's itinerary began with Prabowo arriving in Yogyakarta shortly before Modi's aircraft carrying the Indian delegation landed. The two leaders then boarded an Indonesian Air Force helicopter for an aerial tour of Prambanan, the ninth-century Hindu temple complex built during the Mataram Kingdom.
Circling the sprawling UNESCO World Heritage site twice before landing, the leaders were greeted by rows of schoolchildren waving Indonesian and Indian flags as they entered the temple grounds.
The visit began with a performance of the Ramayana ballet depicting the love story of Rama and Shinta, before Prabowo and Modi toured the temple complex and met Hindu worshippers offering prayers. Modi also paused to pray in the temple.
Speaking after the visit, Prabowo described Prambanan as a symbol of Indonesia's “historical and cultural grandeur” and of the enduring ties between Indonesia and India that date back more than a millennium.
Those historical bonds, he added, have endured through the centuries and continue to shape the two nations’ cultures, traditions and people-to-people ties today.
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