The original 12th-century Laxmi-Narayan stolen in 1984. Photo: LAIN SINGH BANGDEL In Sotheby’s catalogue in 1990. Photo: ERIN L. THOMPSON The deity in the Dallas Art Museum in 2014. Photo: ERIN L.
The stolen linga cover at Singapore's Asian Civilizations Museum (photo courtesy Min Chong) In a few days’ time, the Nepali town of Pharping will celebrate Hari Shankar Jatra (Hari Shankar festival).
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A five-year-old Nepali boy, worshipped by many as a god, sits cross-legged with a stuffed teddy bear in his brick-and-cement home in Kathmandu. Sambeg Shakya was hailed last year ...