India Pride Project
India Pride Project (IPP) is a group of art enthusiasts who uses social media to identify stolen religious artefacts from Indian temples and secure their return. Co-founded in 2014 by two Singapore-based art enthusiasts, S. Vijay Kumar and Anuraag Saxena, it now has activists from all over the world.[1][2][3]
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Founder | S. Vijay Kumar and Anuraag Saxena |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
Area served | India |
| Website | ipp |
RecoveriesEdit
Nalanda's 12th century Buddha: This six-and-a-half-inch bronze (with traces of silver inlay) of the Buddha seated in the bhumisparsha mudra, was stolen along with 13 other statues 1961 from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) site museum in Nalanda.[4] It was noticed at a London auction. Fortunately a photographic record of the statue was saved by Sachindra S. Biswas, a retired director general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Kumar, is attempting to pursue India’s claim on another Buddha statue, suspected to be from the 1961 theft, currently at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the US.[5]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Anuraag Saxena: Returning stolen art to India".
- ↑ "Facebook sleuths bring home India's stolen idols". The Business Times. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ Ganapathy, Nirmala (10 November 2018). "Recovering India's stolen art pieces". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ On Independence Day, India gets back its 12th century stolen Buddha statue, Aditi Khanna, PTI, LiveMint, Aug 15 2018
- ↑ How the mystery of the Missing Buddha statue was solved, Bibek Bhattacharya, Aug 21 2018
External linksEdit
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