Oxford museum to return 500-year-old bronze statue taken from Tamil Nadu temple
The Ashmolean Museum acquired the statue in 1967. In 2019, a French academic said its provenance was unclear, sparking an investigation A 16th-century bronze statue of Sri Thirumankai Alva taken from a temple in Tamil Nadu is one of several pieces of Indian heritage returned to India from Britain.The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford acquired this … Read more