Stolen from Temple, Smuggled to UK: Rare Shiva Statue from Ninth Century Will Come Home Today

The stone Nataraj/Natesha murti, in 'chatura pose with jatamakuta and trinetra' and almost four-feet-tall, is a rare depiction of Lord Shiva in the Prathihara style. It was stolen in February 1998 from Ghateshwar Temple in Baroli, Rajasthan. In 2003, it came to light that the statue had been smuggled out to the UK.

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