Deal signed between India and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art Nataraja bronze to remain on temporary display ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 10th-century Shiva Nataraja, a 12th-century Somaskanda statue of Shiva with his family, and a 16th-century image of the ...

Three antique sculptures are set to return to India from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art after research established that they were stolen ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During puja images of Hindu gods, ...

Many of our saints and preceptors established a relationship with God and carried on in life with God as a presence. The standard one is dasyam; then there is the satputra mata (where one is the child ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art has announced that it's returning three stolen bronze sculptures to India. The move came after rigorous provenance research showed that sculptures were ...

Alala Sundarar served Lord Siva in His divine abode, Kailasa. One day, while plucking flowers for the Lord, he noticed two women and was distracted by their good looks. The Lord, seeing Alala Sundarar ...

Coimbatore: Archaeological enthusiasts have traced the historical importance of a stone with the emblem of Pandya dynasty that the villagers of Ganapathipalayam near Mukkonam in Tirupur district have ...