Return of India’s Lost Cultural Heritage
On 13th May 2026, the Ministry of Culture announced the return of the three sacred antiquities from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (United States).
- The repatriated antiquities include:
a)Shiva Nataraja (Chola period, circa 990 CE): Originally belonged to the Sri Bhava Aushadesvara Temple in Thanjavur district and was photographed there in 1957.
b)Saint Sundarar with Paravai (16th century, Vijayanagara period): Photographed in 1956 at the Shiva Temple in Veerasolapuram village, Tamil Nadu.
c)Somaskanda (Shiva and Uma) (12th century, Chola period): Photographed in 1959 at the Visvanatha Temple in Alattur village, Tamil Nadu.
a)Shiva Nataraja
- Nataraja is typically depicted as a four-armed deity.
- It ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Related Content
- 1 Udant Martand
- 2 RISA – Timeless Tribal
- 3 Hieun Tsang
- 4 Megalithic Site of Chokahatu
- 5 Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-Daro
- 6 Mountbatten Plan
- 7 Masroor Rock-Cut Temples: Ellora of Himachal Pradesh
- 8 Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- 9 Rupa Tarakasi: Silver Filigree Craft of Odisha
- 10 GI Recognition for Indigenous Crafts and Cultural Heritage
- 1 Prime Minister’s Gifts Highlight India’s Rich Cultural Diversity
- 2 Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque Complex
- 3 Etor Gidi Festival
- 4 Panzath Nag Spring Conservation Festival
- 5 Virli Khandar Excavation
- 6 Chola-era Anaimangalam Copper Plates
- 7 Rabindranath Tagore
- 8 Veera Pasi
- 9 16th Century Telugu Inscription Discovered in Andhra Pradesh
- 10 Colosseum
- 11 Shaheed Veer Gundadhur
