Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia sent out many Balinese missionaries to outlying areas like Medan. In 1992, the Parisada hosted the Vishva Hindu Parishad conference in Bali, indicating a building of bridges with the worldwide Hindu community. It is the highest religious body in Bali and is given an official sanction by the government to look into matters of Hindu law. The PHDI in this manner has become a rallying organization for the preservation of Hindu customs. The PHD has contested Indonesia's demographic counts, saying that the 6,501,680 count (given by the government of Indonesia) grossly undercounts the Hindu population, stating that it is closer
Media Indonesia in order to grow in line with the inevitable increase in newspaper readership over the coming years. With a daily print run of 175,000 to 250,000 copies, "Media Indonesia" is the second largest circulation broadsheet newspaper in the country. According to AC Nielsen, Media Indonesia raised its market share by one percentage point to 18 percent in 2003. "Media Indonesia"'s readers are drawn from a board spectrum of socio-economic groups; this is reflected in the wide range of themed tabloid-sized supplements that accompany the newspaper several times a week. Each of these tabloids is aimed at a different audience, such