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Chola Era Idols from USA
August 29 , 2022
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- Six exquisite Chola-era bronze idols were spotted at the Cleveland Museum and Christie's auction house in the U.S.
- These Panchaloha idols were Tripuranthakam, Thirupurasundari, Nataraja, Dakshinamurthy Veenadhara, and Saint Sundarar with his wife Paravai Natchiyaar.
- They went missing from the Veeracholapuram temple in Kallakurichi district in the 1960’s.
- The temple was constructed 900 years ago by Chola king Rajendra Chola.
- The idols of Tripuranthaka and Thiripurasundari were found on the official website of Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
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