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"The Federal Member for Gellibrand will make history when he lands in Kathmandu
on May 16 following the Indian Ocean Commission meeting in Bangladesh.
The visit to Nepal will mark the first by an Australian federal minister since
former foreign affairs minister Bill Hayden in 1985.
While there, Mr Watts will witness the handing back of an ancient wooden tundal
taken from a Kathmandu Valley temple decades ago.
Speaking to SBS Nepali, Mr Watts said the item - which is believed to be around
800 years old - will be returned after more than 20 years in possession of the
Art Gallery of NSW.
“As a part of this trip, [it] will be an honour for me to witness the return of
the tundal, or strut, taken from the Ratneswor Temple to right a past wrong,”
he said.
A tundal is a carved wood block that is a traditional Nepali architectural
design possessing spiritual value and commonly placed diagonally at the end of
a wall beam in temples.
There had been a long public campaign to return the tundal to the Ratneswor
Mahadev Temple in Kathmandu’s ancient Patan city."
Via Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier, who wrote "Things the Australians Stole"
Cheers,
** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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