Nirmala Sitharaman hands over antique Buddha idol to Prahlad Singh Patel
The Bronze Idol of 'Buddha seated in the Bhumisparsha Mudra' was stolen on August 22, 1961, from the Nalanda Museum of ASI and had resurfaced at an auction in Maastricht (organized by a London based dealer Rossi & Rossi in February 2018).
Sep 17, 2019, 23:51 PM ISTAustralian art gallery to return 2,000 years old Buddha idol
Close on the heels of Germany returning an ancient Durga idol, an Australian art gallery has agreed to give a 2,000-year-old Buddha sculpture back to India.
Oct 11, 2015, 13:51 PM IST