US Returns Two Stolen Cultural Artifacts to Nepal

Kathmandu, June 30: Nepal has received two cultural artifacts repatriated from the United States after they were recovered by American authorities.

The artifacts, a 13th-century bronze statue of Padma Pani and a 16th-century wooden statue of Nrityadevi, the Goddess of Dance, were formally handed over to the Government of Nepal at a ceremony held at the Consulate General of Nepal in New York.