Grateful to the US Government for Returning Artefacts: PM Modi

Items returned included religious statues, bronzes and terracotta pieces, some dating back 2,000 years, looted from some of India’s most treasured religious sites. (Photo: PIB)

On the first day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the US returned over 200 cultural artefacts estimated at $100 million to India at the ceremony of Repatriation of Cultural Property.

Items returned included religious statues, bronzes and terracotta pieces, some dating back 2,000 years, looted from some of India’s most treasured religious sites. Among the pieces returned is a statue of Saint Manikkavichavakar, a Hindu mystic and poet from the Chola period (circa 850 AD to 1250 AD) stolen from the Sivan Temple in Chennai, which is valued at USD 1.5 million.

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