The Colonised CousinsThe practice of collecting Indian ancient statues can be dated back to the British Raj, when our colonizers took back with them several artifacts of historical importance. The system isn’t broken. What happened to the 200 statues that President Obama had offered to return? We don’t know if they’ve come back, where are they? Why are you storing statues in godowns? They should be returned back to the temples from where they were stolen."A Growing ProblemDuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initial tenure, the nation saw several such diplomatic repatriations, with the US vowing to return 200 statues, Tony Abbott’s return of the Nataraja, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s gift of several smaller figures and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s return of a stone carving of Goddess Durga. Rajputt recently made a documentary on the subject titled Blood Buddhas. Just to do what’s morally right. China too has been a notable victim of this, particularly when the Europeans stole from its famed Summer Palace during the sack of Beijing in 1860. There is of course the problem of bringing back heritage stolen by the British during the colonial years, but then when we have Indians stealing and smuggling them out of the country for plain, simple greed. We’re not asking for much.S. The ASI also needs to help in this.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted famed geographical indication-tagged handicraft products to his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, during their visit to Varanasi on Saturday. The collection represented the rich culture of art and crafts of the city.. These exclusive Banarasi products include intricate brocade, Gulabi Meenakari (Pink enamelled items), wood carving and soft stone craft undercut works.In the collection of gifts, there was also a wooden idol of Lord Buddha, a specimen of the art of wood carving made by Premshankar Vishwakarma of Lehartara area.In the collection of gifts, there was also a wooden idol of Lord Buddha. Three pieces of the soft-stone craft area also found place in the collection. Besides, three pieces of the soft-stone craft made by Bachchelal of Ramnagar area also found place in the collection. Sources said that two exquisite pieces of pink enamel art China portable saw mill Suppliers — an idol of Lord Ganesha and a peacock on wooden base — were among the gifts. The idol of Ganesha was made by Kunjbihari Singh of Lalghat area and peacock was crafted by Balramdas of Prahlad Ghat area.