When will Nepal's stolen artefacts in Australia return home?
Devotees chant slogans during the re-installation procession of a stone statue of Laxmi-Narayan at the temple in Patan city, Nepal, 04 December 2021. Source: EPA
As a centuries-old Laxmi-Narayan idol stolen from Patko in Kathmandu valley returned home from the USA, Nepalis want their stolen artefact from Australia. Roshan Mishra from the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign, an organisation working to facilitate such repatriation efforts, spoke to our Kathmandu correspondent Sewa Bhattarai.
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