The gods are returning home

A 16th century statue of Hindu deity Uma-Maheswora, that was stolen four decades ago and later repatriated, is paraded in a chariot before reinstating the same at the premises of a temple where it belonged in Lalitpur, Nepal. — AP

NEPAL’s gods and goddess are returning home.

An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past.