The Laxmi-Narayan upon arrival in Nepal Embassy in Washington DC on 6 March. Photo: AMITABHA JOSHINearly 40 years after it was stolen from…
(from left to right) The original 12th-century Laxmi-Narayan stolen in 1984. Photo : LAIN SINGH BANGDEL In Sotheby’s catalogue in 1990. Photo :…
It is difficult to get western museums to return trafficked deities, so Nepalis are making copies of the missing statuary
