Press Release on the Return of 10th century stone sculpture: Shiva in Himalayan Abode with Ascetics, to Nepal by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Press Release The Consulate General of Nepal in New York and The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the return of a tenth century stone sculpture, Shiva in Himalayan Abode with Ascetics, to the Government of Nepal. An agreement to this effect was signed by Bishnu Prasad Gautam, Acting Consul General, and Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO, on behalf

Press Release: Handover of Nepali Antiquities to Nepal

Press Release   The Consulate General of Nepal in New York received three Nepali lost antiquities from the New York County District Attorney’s Office in New York, today. On behalf of the Government of Nepal, Acting Consul General Mr. Bishnu Prasad Gautam, and District Attorney of New York County Mr. Cyrus Vance Jr. signed an agreement establishing the recovery, hand

Press Release on Opening of a Photo Exhibition: ‘Glimpses of the Top of the World and Its Surroundings’

The Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York and the Consulate General of Nepal in New York organized a photo exhibition entitled. ‘Glimpses of the Top of the World and Its Surroundings’ at the United Nations Headquarters in New York today. The programme was organized to commemorate the first scaling of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) by Tenzing

11th Century Standing Buddha and the 12th Century Uma Maheshwore repatriated back to Nepal

Hon. Consul General Madhu K Marasini handed over the images of the 11th Century Standing Buddha and the 12th Century Uma Maheshwore repatriated back to Nepal with the assistance of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to the Director General of Department of Archeology, Kathmandu, on April 4, 2018. The images were brought back to Nepal by CG Marasini and