The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday it would return a 12th century Nepali sculpture of the Buddha to Nepal. The museum is collaborating with the government of Nepal for the return of the ...

On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...

Kathmandu: A Buddha Air flight made an emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu on Monday after sustaining a flame out from the left engine. The aircraft had 76 ...

According to officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft, with the call sign 9N-ANH, took off from Janakpur Airport at around 4.45 pm (NST) and landed safely at 5.10 pm ...

The Buddha statue was first identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal in 2021 as matching a statue stolen from Guita Tole in Patan, Kathmandu. The sacred statue is part ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced on Monday that it is returning a 12th-century sculpture titled "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda" to Nepal after new research found that the ...

The sacred sculpture, “Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda ... The institute then shared its findings with Embassy of Nepal in Washington. The sculpture is now in the hands ...