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In Pictures: Lost Laxmi Narayan statue of Nepal retrieved

By Skanda Gautam

The Laxmi Narayan statue which was stolen in 1984 was brought to Patan Durbar Square by the Department of Archaeology officials, in Lalitpur, on Friday, April 16, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU, APRIL 16

The Laxmi Narayan statue which was stolen in 1984 was brought to Patan Durbar Square by the Department of Archaeology officials, in Lalitpur, on Friday.

The idol was worshipped in Patan until it went missing in 1984 but was later traced to a museum in USA.

Photos by Photojournalist Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times -