CHENNAI, INDIA, September 7, 2022 (IFP): The French Institute of Pondicherry in collaboration with the Idol Wing CID of the Tamil Nadu Police managed to trace back several murthis stolen from Tamil Nadu temples and smuggled to the US thanks to IFP’s rich and decades-old photo collection. Here’s just a sample of reports from the month of August:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/3-idols-stolen-from-mannargudi-temple-traced-to-la-museum/articleshow/93565649.cms?fbclid=IwAR2CULSgDy3RqmWYyxrlRU7oDQQDiB1JCRp5OFORsghLxsXVCRe_AAXadR8
https://kizhakkutoday.in/india75-14/
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/aug/16/kallakurichi-12th-centurystatues-of-chola-kings-go-missing-2487932.html?fbclid=IwAR2_4gY0LW2S1le9Pb5-MwtuP_ZuHLG2gOaRrBq2HN756fo4niAKXpxzp0o
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/stolen-from-tamil-nadu-idol-traced-to-christies-auction-house/articleshow/93684573.cms?fbclid=IwAR0OY0vJrnTj6O_FWbNKBzWSkq5OzhtSXaxPQTsXpUvlsB0277QtvNfVsZE
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/efforts-are-on-to-retrieve-six-antique-idols-stolen-from-tn-temple-tn-idol-wing-cid/articleshow/93756404.cms?from=mdr
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/two-out-of-12-idols-stolen-from-nagapattinam-temple-50-years-ago-traced-to-us/article65825521.ece?homepage=true&fbclid=IwAR2534-Mtwj9yViaG9Qc-NIEMzeB-Vygkphn2mudxBMHjbFrhJzPygcQpvk