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On the eve of his first anniversary in office, Prime Minister Tony Abbott made the most of this auspicious timing during his trip to Delhi by returning the National Gallery of Australia’s ill-gotten Dancing Shiva sculpture.
The 900-year-old bronze, Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of the Dance, was purportedly stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu before being sold to the National Gallery in 2008, and been the focus of considerable controversy after its provenance was revealed.
