Yogyakarta, July 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a state visit to Indonesia, joined Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday to inaugurate an India-backed restoration project at the UNESCO World Heritage Prambanan Temple Compounds.

The visit, serving as a high-water mark for New Delhi's cultural diplomacy under its "Act East" policy, underscored the profound civilizational ties that bind the two nations.

As the two leaders toured the nearly 1,000-year-old temple complex, dedicated to the Hindu Trimurti of Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Brahma, the Prime Minister spoke movingly of the spiritual resonance he felt in a land thousands of miles from India.

"Today is the third day of my visit, but in the life her...