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India gets back 15th Century idols of Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana from UK

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India gets back fifteenth-century idols of Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana from the UK. The idols were stolen from a temple, built-in Vijayanagara period, in Tamil Nadu in 1978. In August 2019, Indian High Commission in London was informed by India Pride Project that four antique idols--Shri Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanumana, stolen from India, maybe in the UK. The sculptures are datable to the 15th century A.D.