Following pressure from heritage conservationists, old idols of God housed at the Police Club in Bhrikutimandap are being handed over to the National Museum on Monday.
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The 19 idols of gods kept at the Nepal Police Club in Bhrikutimandap are to be returned to the Department of Archaeology. The department's spokesperson, Sandeep Khanal, said that the idols will be handed over during a formal program to be organized on the occasion of Museum Day on Monday. "The idol will be handed over to the National Museum, Chhauni at a program to be held at 9:30 am," he told Kantipur. According to the Ancient Monuments Protection Act, no matter where the objects of archaeological importance are found, they must be under the protection and supervision of the Department of Archaeology. However, heritage conservationists had been raising questions saying that they had been kept at the Police Club, a welfare unit of the police, for a long time. The police had not even given clear information about where the idols were brought from. On 29 Shrawan 2082, the Department of Archaeology had written to the Police Headquarters, Naxal, seeking information about the idols. Later, the department's employees had also gone for an on-site inspection.
Department officials say that the process of preserving the statues was initiated after the study found them to be of archaeological importance.
Where did so many statues come from inside the police club?
