The statue, which was built sometime between the 14th and 15th century to the Vijayanagara period, was recently found in possession of a private buyer in Australia
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February 25, 2022 22:31:22 IST
The Lord Hanuman idol was found from a private collector who bought it in an auction for $37,000. Image courtesy: @kishanreddybjp/Twitter
A 500-year-old idol of Lord Hanuman that was stolen a decade ago from Tamil Nadu and smuggled abroad will be brought back soon.
The statue, which was built sometime between the 14th and 15th century to the Vijayanagara period, was recently found in possession of a private buyer in Australia.
“Five hundred-year-old Lord Hanuman bronze idol stolen from Tamil Nadu temple, to be repatriated back to India. The stolen idol retrieved by US Homeland Security was handed over to @HCICanberra by US CDA,” the minister said in a tweet.