VARANATION: The Chairperson of the Yogi Adityanath Minister will attend ‘Pran Pratistha’ (Consecration) of the ancient idol Dewi Annapurna, who has been returned by Canada, in a temple at Kashi Vishwanath Dham on November 15.
Idol Batu, measuring 17.30 x 9.90 x 4.90 cm was stolen from Varanasi and smuggled to Canada during the past a century.
“Idol has arrived in New Delhi from Canada because of the initiative and effort of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Commissioner Division Deepak Agrawal to Tii on Wednesday.
Idols will be taken from New Delhi to Varanasi by road and will reach here on November 14.
The Chairperson of the Yogi Adityanath Minister will be present for the ceremony of the idol consecration, which will be installed in a temple at Kashi Vishwanath Dham, he added.
In the Mann Ki Baat program on November 29 last year, PM had ruined the news about the return of idol.
“I want to share good news with all of you.
Every Indian will be proud to know that a very old idol from Devi Annapurna is being returned by Canada to India.
This idol was stolen from the temple in Varanasi and smuggled to somewhere around 1913.
I said to accept Love the Canadian government and to all the people who commit this proposition act, “he added.
“Annapurna’s eyes had a very special relationship with Kashi.
Back from his idol fun for all of us.
Just like Annapurna’s eye idol, we lose many of our priceless inheritance due to international smugglers.
Now, smuggling activities have been locked up.
We have also increased our efforts For returning our artifacts and managed to bring back many idols and artifacts in recent years, “he said.
In the address of Def DEEPWALAL in Raj Ghat in Varanasi on November 30, 2020, PM has spoken again about the return of the Goddess Annapurna idol from the Mackenzie Art Gallery at the Regina University Museum in Canada.
Virtual repatriation ceremony for idol was held on November 19 and was attended by Dr.
Thomas Chase from the University of Regina, Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and representatives of the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Canadian border service agency, and Canada.
Idol is part of a collection of universities driven by Mackenzie art galleries through a long-standing partnership from the early 1950s.
The Divya Mehra artist has attracted the attention of idols while undergoing permanent collection of Mackenzie and preparing for the exhibition from India to Canada and returning to India.
The statue was part of the original inheritance in 1936 by Norman Mackenzie.
When Mehra examined the story behind the idol, he found that Mackenzie saw it on his trip to India in 1913.
Foreigners had heard Mackenzie’s desire to have it, and steal it from the temple in the banks in Varanasi.