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27/10/22 21:38 PM IST

Two stolen idols traced to US museum, TN Idol Wing stakes claim

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  • The Tamil Nadu Idol Wing CID has traced two idols stolen from the state to a museum in the US and submitted documents seeking their return to the country.
Details 
  • The two antique idols of Yoganarasimha and Ganesha belonging to Sri Venugopala Swamy temple, Alathur, Thiruvarur district, were traced to the Nelson-Atkins Museums, Kansas City, Missouri, the US. They were stolen from the temple about 50 years ago and replaced with fake images.
Measures taken to retrieve artefacts 
  • Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is the nodal agency to retrieve stolen or illegally exported art objects.
  • India is a signatory to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
  • India also ratified the convention in 1977.
  • National Mission On Monuments And Antiquities: aims to prepare a National database on Built Heritage and sites.
  • National Manuscript Mission: established in 2003 by the ministry of tourism to unearth and preserve the vast manuscript wealth of India.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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