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NEW DELHI: Buoyed by successful return of the centuries-old sculpture of 'Yogini Vrishanana' from France recently, India today requested all countries to return its heritage artifacts and sculptures, in case they are possessing these articles.
"We are happy that France returned the old sculpture of 'Yogini Vrishanana'. I would like to ask all countries around the world to return our Indian heritage, in case they have them in their possession," Union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch said.
She was speaking here after launching a project to create a 360-degree online panoramic imagery of '100 nationally important monuments'.
Archaeological Survey of India and Google India signed a memorandum to create the imagery of monuments like the Taj Mahal, Humayun's Tomb, among others.
Sculpture of 'Yogini Vrishanana', a goddess with a buffalo-shaped head, was stolen and had landed in France, before it was brought back to India recently.
The sculpture, weighing 400 kg, was acquired by art collector Robert Schrimpf.
Later, in 2008, his wife Martine informed the Indian Embassy in Paris about her desire to donate the sculpture.
The sculpture was stolen from a temple at Lokhari village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh between 1983 and 2008.
India requests foreign countries to return heritage items - The Economic Times
"We are happy that France returned the old sculpture of 'Yogini Vrishanana'. I would like to ask all countries around the world to return our Indian heritage, in case they have them in their possession," Union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch said.
She was speaking here after launching a project to create a 360-degree online panoramic imagery of '100 nationally important monuments'.
Archaeological Survey of India and Google India signed a memorandum to create the imagery of monuments like the Taj Mahal, Humayun's Tomb, among others.
Sculpture of 'Yogini Vrishanana', a goddess with a buffalo-shaped head, was stolen and had landed in France, before it was brought back to India recently.
The sculpture, weighing 400 kg, was acquired by art collector Robert Schrimpf.
Later, in 2008, his wife Martine informed the Indian Embassy in Paris about her desire to donate the sculpture.
The sculpture was stolen from a temple at Lokhari village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh between 1983 and 2008.
India requests foreign countries to return heritage items - The Economic Times
