Thu, Nov 16, 2023
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar attended the repatriation ceremony of two stolen 8th-century temple idols in London, marking a significant milestone in India's efforts to reclaim its cultural heritage. The idols, Yogini Chamunda and Yogini Gomukhi, were stolen from a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Lokhari in the 1970s. Their repatriation is a testament to the growing bilateral partnership between India and the UK.
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Tue, Jun 07, 2016
After special agents in Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) were tipped about a shipment of seven crates from India, destined for the US manifested as "marble garden table sets," Operation Hidden Idol which began in 2007, seized the priceless artefacts.
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