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Union Minister for Culture, Tourism, and DoNER G Kishan Reddy stated that he will provide details of the journey of the idol and the efforts made to retrieve and bring home the idols and antiquities from various countries on November 3 at the residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adithyanath.
Since 1976, as many as 55 idols have been returned to India. Seventy-five percent of the idols that have been returned were done so during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ministry said.
Out of the 55 antiquities, 42 were returned after 2014 with the Annapurna Devi being the last addition to this, it said.
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Finally, it will reach Varanasi on November 15 where it will be placed at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh after the appropriate rituals, the ministry said.