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370: 452: 257:— from the dilapidated Brihadeeswarar temple at Sripuranthan. Worship at the temple had ended a long time before, as it was plagued by scorpions and poisonous bugs, and it was locked and had fallen into ruins. The theft occurred on three occasions starting in January 2006, with the thieves carefully gluing back the lock, using a lorry (truck) parked on the dry river bed behind the temple as the getaway vehicle. Soon after the theft, pictures of the stolen idols were sent to Kapoor in October 2006. The idols were mixed with new replicas to fool customs officials and exported out of India to New York by a company called Ever Star International Services Inc. where they were received by Nimbus Imports Exports, a company owned by Kapoor. Soon afterwards Kapoor obtained a certificate from the 289:
Grand Central Parkway to Subhash Kapoor. Further, it was claimed the idol was acquired in New Delhi in 1970 (a year before the Indian government banned the export of antiquities from India), by Raj's late husband Abdullah Mehgoub, who was a Sudanese diplomat serving in India between 1968 and 1971. A sales receipt dated 15 April 1970, issued by Uttam Singh & Sons, Jama Masjid, Delhi, to Abdulla Mehgoub of Defence Colony, New Delhi was produced as part of the provenance. US$ 5.1 million was paid by the National Gallery of Australia for the idol.
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The investigative website Chasing Aphrodite was the first to expose that the Shiva idol acquired by the NGA was a stolen artwork from Southern India. The story was picked up by Australian and Indian news agencies and widely reported. New York Police recovered pictures of the idol from Kapoor's house,
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The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) was keen to enhance its collection of Indian art. In 2008, the NGA, under Ron Radford, director and Robyn Maxwell, senior curator Asian art, acquired the dancing Shiva from Subhash Kapoor. The provenance provided stated that the idol was sold by Raj Mehgoub of
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However, the National Gallery of Australia, continued to deny that the artwork was stolen, refused to return it, and continued to display it in the gallery, without any note of its doubtful provenance. This stand was criticised by the Australian media, with Duncan Chappell, criminology expert from
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in Ohio returned four artifacts acquired from Kapoor, including the Vinayagar statue stolen from Sripuranthan. The other antiques are a stone idol of Varaha Rescuing the Earth (acquired 2001), Mughal origin 18th-century enamel with gold box (acquired 2008), and a watercolour Rasikapriya from the
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published a list of stories named as the 'Kapoor Files', showing that several of the stolen idols stolen from Sripuranthan and Suthamalli had appeared in consecutive 'Art of the Past' catalogues. The site compared the photos published in the Kapoor catalogs with the photos of the stolen idols as
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in 2005 by Subhash Kapoor. Here also, the sculpture was sold with a false provenance which placed it back to an American collection of Leo Figie, dated to 1969. The idol was recovered by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
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In March 2016, the Natarajan idol was re-united with its consort Uma Parmeshwari, at the ASI Icon Centre, Kumbakonam, after nearly 8 years. The Singapore Civilisation Museum had finally returned the Uma Parmeshwari after long negotiations with the Indian Government.
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In November 2014, the Nataraja idol was paraded on the streets of Sripuranthan, under tight security. It was temporarily placed in its original damp stone altar. However, officials made it clear that the statue would be displayed at the government museum at
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period dated 9th to 10th century AD. Most of these temples haven't seen maintenance for many decades and have lax security. Local thieves used to target the idols for their metal content, usually melting them. Some idols are pure gold, silver and
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According to the art investigative website, Chasing Aphrodite, Kapoor traveled to India and met Sanjivi Asokan, a kingpin of a ring of idol thieves. In 2006, thieves were hired for US$ 12,000 to steal eight idols — Nataraja and Uma Mashewari,
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of flames, lifting his left leg (in rare cases, the right leg) and balancing over a demon or dwarf (Muyalaka) who symbolizes ignorance. It is a well-known sculptural symbol in India and popularly used as a symbol of Indian culture.
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was responsible for stealing eight idols from the Brihadeeswarar temple at Sripuranthan, 18 idols from the Varadharaja Perumal temple, and in 2010, 6 panchaloha idols from Chozeeshwarar temple at Vikiramangalam.
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in Tamil Nadu, India, facing charges for criminal conspiracy to steal antique idols, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. Kapoor protests his innocence and believes that he has been framed.
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during the raid of Kapoor's house, and the photo of the idol displayed at the National Gallery of Australia. It concluded all the photos were of the same idol, showing seven similarities
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art being worth millions in the international market, idol thieves were recruited to lift them from the temples. In 2008, one such gang allegedly recruited by New York-based art dealer
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At this point, the ALR had no information on the stolen Nataraja, as the theft of the idols was discovered by the villagers only in 2008. The discovery was made when officials of the
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where it appeared in a contemporary Indian house environment, discounting the claim that the idol has been outside India since 1971. Records of the idol had been maintained at the
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ran an investigative piece comparing photos — a photo of the Sripuranthan Natarajar idol from the French Institute of Pondicherry taken in 1994, photos of the idol recovered by
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In November 2015, the United States returned a chola period bronze of Shivan and Parvathi, which was sold to the David Owsley Museum of Art at the
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In June 2016, the United States returned nearly 200 antiques to the Indian Government, in the presence of the visiting Prime Minister of India,
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stolen from the Sivan Temple in Madras and the 1000 year old Sripuranthan Vinayagar which was displayed at the Toledo Museum of Art.
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arrived in the village to remove the idols from the temple for safekeeping and the glued lock and missing idols were discovered. A
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Subhash Kapoor's arrest alarmed museums all over the world, as they started investigating their purchases from his gallery. The
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Overall four of the eight statues stolen from Sripuranthan were traced, with three to the United States and one to Singapore.
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in Germany returned to the Indian government a 9th-century AD idol of Mahishasuramardini, stolen from Pulwama district in
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as the cosmic dancer who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make preparations for the god
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and will be brought into Sripuranthan for annual festivities. The consort of Nataraja was traced to the
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to start the process of creation. The dance of Shiva in Tillai, the traditional name for
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Subhash Kapoor owned an upscale Indian art dealership called 'Art of the Past' in
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Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities in the World's Museums
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Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities in the World's Museums
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Stolen from the Brihadeeswarar Temple, Sripuranthan Village,
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Waist cloth of shiva merged with the 23rd and 24th flame
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McDermott, Quentin; Richards, Deborah (25 March 2014).
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at Washington DC. Among the antiques returned were the
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in the 1990s, which had been acquired from Kapoor. The
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released pictures of the missing idols on its website.
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Modi and Merkel during handover of Mahishasuramardini
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 545:Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish (1918). 7: 1164:"Germany to return 9th Century Idol" 400:The Nataraja idol was then moved to 1034:Thomsen, Simon (5 September 2014). 404:and stored in the safe room of the 1087:Hodge, Amanda (10 November 2014). 776:Datta, Damayanti (11 April 2014). 361:and pointed out the similarities. 14: 952:Poetry in Stone (11 March 2014). 1331: 1317: 1143:. Deccan Chronicle. 2 March 2016 601:"God's guards missing in action" 472:Samdehi Ragini (acquired 2010). 436:agreed for its return to India. 1011:. Fairfax Media. 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Index

Chola
Tamil Nadu
Archaeological Survey of India
Government of India
Natarajan
Sripuranthan
National Gallery of Australia
Nataraja
Tamil
Hindu God
Shiva
Brahma
Chidambaram
dais
Thillai Nataraja Temple
Chidambaram
aureole
Udayarpalayam
taluk
Ariyalur District
Tamil Nadu
Chola
panchaloha
Chola
Subhash Kapoor
Subhash Kapoor (art dealer)
Manhattan
Puzhal Central Prison
Vinayagar
Deepalaksmi

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