Chennai, Dec 8 (BPNS)
The idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police has in a major development traced an idol of Lord Krishna in dancing form stolen from a Tamil Nadu temple 56 years ago into a museum in the United State.
Director General of Tamil Nadu idol wing police, Jayanth Murali in a press statement said that the idol was traced at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, United States. The idol which was stolen from Ekantha Ramaswamy temple, Thangachimadam village, Rameswaram. The idol wing police commenced an investigation on receiving a complaint from G. Narayani, Executive Officer, HR&CE department on November 22, 2022.
In the complaint, the executive officer stated that 3 or more idols including an antique Krishna Idol belonging to the temple been burgled in the year 1966.
The executive officer requested the Tamil Nadu idol wing to conduct an investigation and retrieve the idols back to the temple.
Unfortunately, the investigating officers of the idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police could not find any pictures of the antique Sri Krishna idol and the police sent a request to the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) to provide any images it had in its photo records from the Ekanthaswami temple.
The French Institute of Puducherry , according to the statement from the idol wing, sent six digital images from their photo archives and found the dancing Krishna idol.
The idol wing while combing through various websites of museums and galleries, the Dancing Krishna similar to the IFP photo was found is displayed on the website of the Indianapolis museum, Indiana, United States. The photo from the IFP was downloaded and the police team sent it for comparison to an expert who confirmed that the two photographs are of one and the same idol.
The idol wing then prepared documentary proof and claimed ownership of the Dancing Krishna idol. The police would soon be filing a detailed report to the United States for retrieving the idol and restoring it to Ekantha Ramaswamy temple.
Share this: