Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Stolen Nepali statue returns to its temple after decades in US” – below is their description.
A centuries-old sculpture of two Hindu gods has been reinstalled in Kathmandu nearly 40 years after it was stolen.
Worshippers in Nepal have held a ceremony to welcome the idol’s return.
The statue of two Hindu gods had been in a US museum, but an investigation by the FBI has resulted in its return on Saturday.
Al Jazeera’s @Ramyata Limbu reports from Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a sovereign country in South Asia. It is mainly in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is landlocked, and borders China in the north and India in the south, east and west, while Bangladesh is located within only 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip and Bhutan is separated from it by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the capital and the largest city. Nepal is a multiethnic country, with Nepali as the official language.