Prabowo and Indian PM Officially Launch Prambanan Temple Restoration Project

President Prabowo Subianto and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have officially realised a cooperation project for the restoration of Prambanan Temple. The collaboration will run over the next 10 years. The inauguration was carried out by both leaders after reviewing the Prambanan Temple complex on Wednesday (7/6/2026). Prabowo and PM Modi symbolically unveiled an agreement plaque inscribed with ‘Indonesia-India Collaborative Cultural Heritage Conservation’. The long-term restoration programme, scheduled to run from 2026 to 2036, will focus on restoring more than 200 ancillary temples in the second courtyard, most of which are currently still in ruins. This restoration project will apply modern technological approaches, such as LiDAR surveys, artificial intelligence-based digital reconstruction, digital documentation, and the anastylosis method. Through this collaboration, both countries hope to achieve maximum results in aspects of physical conservation, scientific documentation, improved site management, strengthened cultural cooperation, and the transfer of expertise between archaeologists of both nations. Prambanan Temple, built in 856 AD by Rakai Pikatan and Rakai Kayuwangi, has been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991. The complex has 240 temple structures with three main temples embodying the Trimurti concept (Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma) and architecture based on Vastu Shastra.