Australia To Return 3 Idols To India In January

Return of artefacts underscores the world’s debt to India’s magnificent culture, history and legacy, says Australian PM

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Three culturally significant artefacts — a pair of ‘Dwarapala’ (door guardians) from Tamil Nadu and one ‘Nagaraja’ (serpent king) from either Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, purchased from idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor — will be returned to India by the Australian government during Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s visit to India in January 2020.