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- Indonesia offers Indian passport holders visa-on-arrival, promoting visits to Hindu sites such as Prambanan.
- Prambanan stayed abandoned until its first restoration in the 1930s, after which visitor interest revived.
- Borobudur caps daily visitors at 1,200, requiring timed online bookings and mandatory guided tours.
- Visitors must swap shoes for woven upanat sandals before climbing Borobudur’s stone platforms.
- The Netherlands repatriates Borobudur sculptures and reliefs to Java’s arts and culture administration.