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Oxford University to return stolen Murthi
On 11th March 2021, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (part of the University of Oxford) announced that it would return the 16th-century bronze Murthi of Thirumangai Alvar that it had on display. The Murthi was purchased by the Museum from Sotheby’s auction house in 1967 for £850. In 2019 Vijay Kumar from India Pride Project,…