The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has returned a bronze statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar, dating back to the 16th century.

A 16th-century bronze statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar, taken from a Tamil Nadu temple, is returning to India from the UK.

An Oxford expert on Greek and Roman history has been made an OBE in the New Year Honours list. Archaeologist Dr Paul Roberts, who has been head of antiquities at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum since 2014, ...

The idol was taken from the Sri Soundararaja Perumal Temple in Thadikombu after the Ashmolean Museum purchased it at an auction in 1967 from a private collector.