See: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/03/british-museum-should-return-two.html British Museum should return two Sarasvatī Pratimā (statues) for puja in Sarasvatī temple in Dhar, India
TN temple idols traced to S’pore, Belgium
A Selvaraj TNN February 26, 2014
Chennai: Two idols stolen from temples in the state have been traced to museums in Singapore and Brussels in Belgium. The two idols were allegedly sold to the museums by international idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor, who was arrested by idol wing CID sleuths in 2012.
“We will send letters rogatory to the authorities in Singapore and Belgium through the ministry of external affairs to retrieve the stolen idols,” inspector-general of police (idol wing CID) A G Pon Manickavel said.
Based on Kapoor’s confession, the idol wing came to know about the sale to the two museums of idols smuggled from Tamil Nadu. “It has been confirmed that the idol of Uma Parameshwari, stolen from Brahadeeshwarar Temple in Sripurandhan village in Ariyalur district, is at the Asian Civilization Museum in Singapore, while an idol of Goddess Sivagami Amman alias Thani Amman, also stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu, is at an art gallery in Brussels in Belgium,” Pon Manickavel said.
Earlier, an idol of Lord Arthanareeshwarar, stolen from Vridhagireeshwarar temple in Vriddachalam, was traced to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia and an idol of Nataraja, stolen from the Brahadeeshwarar temple in Ariyalur, was found at the National Gallery of Australia.
“We had already sent letters rogatory to the Australian government and the US as the Australian government had bought one of the idols from the Art of the Past Gallery run by Kapoor in US after paying 31 crore,” Pon Manickavel said.
He said they received a positive reply from the Australian government which asked the idol wing to send a formal letter to retrieve the idol. “We have sent a formal reply and are awaiting a response,” the officer said.
Idol wing CID sleuths attached to the economic offences wing of the CB-CID on July 13, 2012 managed to bring back Subhash Kapoor, who had settled in New York, to help recover 27 stolen idols that had been sent to the US through smuggler Sanjeevi Asokan. Asokan was arrested in Germany.
Before his arrest, Interpol, the international police organisation, had issued a red corner alert against Subhash Kapoor, a native of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with several cases of idol theft from Tamil Nadu. This followed a request from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the state police.
LOST AND FOUND: The idol of Uma Parameshwari (left), stolen from Brahadeeshwarar Temple in Ariyalur district, is at the Asian Civilization Museum in Singapore, and a stolen idol of Sivagami Amman is at an art gallery in Brussels in Belgium
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Sarasvati Pratimaa and temple in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
http://www.scribd.com/doc/209291273/Sarasvati-Pratimaa-and-Temple-in-Dhar-Madhya-Pradesh
Sarasvati grammar inscriptions, Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
http://www.scribd.com/doc/209290826/Sanskrit-Grammar-Inscriptions-Bhojashala-Dhar
Sarasvati Pratimaa and temple in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
http://www.scribd.com/doc/209291273/Sarasvati-Pratimaa-and-Temple-in-Dhar-Madhya-Pradesh
Sarasvati grammar inscriptions, Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
http://www.scribd.com/doc/209290826/Sanskrit-Grammar-Inscriptions-Bhojashala-Dhar