hinducosmos:Stolen Nepali Statue Returns to Its Temple After Decades in Us A centuries-old sculpture
hinducosmos:Stolen Nepali Statue Returns to Its Temple After Decades in Us A centuries-old sculpture of two Hindu gods was re-installed at its temple in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on Saturday, nearly 40 years after it was stolen and later emerged in the United States. The stone statue of the gods Laxmi and Narayan was repatriated to Nepal in March by the Dallas Museum of Art and the FBI after a months-long investigation by Nepali and American activists and officials. It was taken from the temple in 1984 and appeared on display at the Dallas museum six years later, on loan from a collector. Devotees carry the sculpture in a palanquin, in Patan on the outskirts of Kathmandu (AFP/PRAKASH MATHEMA) (via Yahoo News) -- source link