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UK museum returns ancient idol to Tamil Nadu temple

The idol of Saint Thirumankai Alvar was acquired by the museum in 1967 before being alerted to its origins at the temple of Shri Soundararaja Perumal in Thadikombu by an independent researcher in November 2019

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A ceremony to hand over the statue in London on Tuesday. PIC/PTI

A ceremony to hand over the statue in London on Tuesday. PIC/PTI

The University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has returned a 16th century bronze idol to India for its journey back to the temple in Tamil Nadu. 

The idol of Saint Thirumankai Alvar was acquired by the museum in 1967 before being alerted to its origins at the temple of Shri Soundararaja Perumal in Thadikombu by an independent researcher in November 2019. 

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