K Jayanth Murali Archives

Investigation revealed that the idol had gone missing from the temple in 1966 and was later purchased by the Indianapolis museum of Art, and is now in its possession

Law and Order

Dancing Krishna idol stolen in 1966 from Tamil Nadu temple traced...

Team PGurus - December 8, 2022 1

Dancing Krishna idol traced to a US museum A dancing Krishna idol, stolen in 1966 from Sri Ekantha Ramaswamy Temple, in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, was...

Mandya temple murti of Balaji stolen, surface in Gobichettipalayam

Smuggling

Balaji idol stolen from Karnataka seized in Tamil Nadu. Temple Pujari...

Team PGurus - November 9, 2022 1

Financially strapped Pujari sold the Murti to an Advocate Tamil Nadu Police seized an idol of Lord Balaji, stolen from a temple in Mandya in...

Kapoor was handed 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a case related to the burglary and illegal export of 19 antique idols valued at above Rs.94 crore

Law and Order

Tamil Nadu temples Idol smuggler & New York-based art gallery owner...

Team PGurus - November 2, 2022 1

International idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor, aides convicted Antiques and Idol smuggler Subhash Chandra Kapoor is convicted by a trial court in Tamil Nadu’s Kumbakonam on...