This Hoysala era reclining Maha Vishnu lies smuggled away at the National museum of Denmark.
This Pala era Uma Maheshwara sculpture lies smuggled away at the Cinquantenaire Museum in Belgium
This Gurjara-Pratihara era Ganesha belonging to Mathura lies smuggled away at the same Cinquantenaire Museum in Belgium.
This Chola era bronze vigraham of Goddess Parvati lies smuggled away at the Copenhagen museum, Denmark.
This Chola era bronze vigraha of Ganesha, smuggled out of Tharangambadi in Nagapattinam district,TN , which was actually colonized by the danish & later sold to the british east india company in 1845, now lies smuggled at the national museum of Denmark.
A rare bronze Vigraha of Lord Krishna's consort, Radha belonging to Vijayanagara. Lies smuggled away at the san antonio museum in texas. https://www.samuseum.org/collections/asian-art/368-radha
A Gahadavala era Yogini, Raathrini now lies smuggled at the san antonio museum in texas. The Gahadavalas once rules over Ayodhya & helped expand the original Rama temple at the Janmabhoomi. They were also the last Hindu rulers before islamic invasion.
An Apsara belonging to the same Gahadavala era now lies smuggled at the Metropolitan museum at new york city. Has suffered extensive damage as a result of islamic iconoclasm. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38153
Nearly 2100 year old Yaksha belonging to the Shunga era, now held at the met museum at nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38468?sortBy=Relevance&ft=hindu&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=19
Pala era Maha Vishnu, now held at the same met museum at nyc.
A Gurjara Pratihara era Nritya Ganapathi carved out of sandstone belonging to modern day Uttar Pradesh area; now illegally held at the british museum, london. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=246697&partId=1&images=true
Maha Vishnu belonging to the Hoysala era, now illegally held at the asian art museum in san francisco.
A Chola era Dakshinamurthy from Thanjavur, now illegally held at the victoria and albert (V&A) Museum in london. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25008/shiva-dakshinamurti-figure-unknown/
A Pala era Suryanarayana carved out of black basalt, belonging to modern day Bihar/Bengal region, now held at the V&A museum in london. A question we have to ask ourselves now. How many Hindu temples in that region grace such magnificent murthis anymore? http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25017/surya-the-sun-god-sculpture-unknown/#
Another Pala era Mahishasuramardini held at a private "museum" at amsterdam, netherlands. The call themselves Asthamangala museum. Looks more like a typical illegal antique shop where smuggled pieces are sold. http://www.astamangala.com/durga-mahishasuramardini-2/#image-1
Some of the most valued & prime Hindu sculptures aren't in Bharat anymore! This Bhoo Varahaswamy belonging to modern day Haryana is now held at the V&A museum in london. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O66634/varaha-ascending-from-the-cosmic-sculpture-unknown/
Hoysala era Suryanarayana, looted out of Bharat & held at the V&A museum in london. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25014/surya-sculpture-unknown/
This Pala era Maha Vishnu was smuggled out of the ancient( now in ruins) city of Gauda, West Bengal. The city was plundered & sacked by jihadi bakhtiyar khilji after he was done burning Nalanda to ground. The murthi has suffered significant damaged. Now held at V&A museum,london.
A copper alloy Vigraha of Ramanujacharya belonging to the Madurai Nayak era, illegally held at the v&a musem in london. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O63057/ramanuja-figure-unknown/
A Hoysala era Mahishasuramardini, held at the same v&a museum. Just a glace will tell you it is a premier sculpture which was once part of a garbhagudi. There are other carvings of durga at Belur & halebidu, but none at this level of detail! The brits stole the best pieces!
A highly eroded sandstone murthi of Suryanarayana from the Gupta era (4 CE) belonging to Mathura, now held at the british museum, london http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=224126&partId=1&place=41429&plaA=41429-3-2&page=7
A Pratihara era Shiva-Parvathi sculpture now being held at the carnegie museum of art in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.
A Pala era Maha Vishnu belonging to modern day Bihar/Bengal, now held at a private "museum" at amsterdam. http://www.astamangala.com/standing-vishnu/
Shiva-Parvathi scultpure belonging to modern day Uttar Pradesh, with Shiva represented as Dakshinamurthy. Sthapathis who sculpted this are believed to have been inspired by Adi Shankara's teachings. Also seen are Chamunda, Ganesha & Subramanya. Now held at V&A museum in london.
A 800 year old Chola era bronze vigraham of Nataraja, now illegally held at the national museum of denmark in copenhagen.
Another 900 year old Chola era bronze vigraha of Nataraja, held at the Guimet Museum in Paris. http://www.guimet.fr/event/rodin-et-la-danse-de-shiva/
A Chola era granite sculpture of Lingodbhava Murthy, being held at Guimet Museum in Paris. Lingodbhava is usually carved within the precinct of the temple walls. So whoever stole this literally smashed the temple wall to take it out.
A Chandela era Jatamukata Shiva carved in red sandstone, belonging to modern day Madhya Pradesh, now being illegally held at the minneapolis institute of art. https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5094/shiva-madhya-pradesh-india
This magnificent 10th century sandstone murthi of Maha Vishnu probably belonging to the Tomara era, who ruled over present day Punjab,Haryana & Delhi, is now being held at the metropolitan museum in new york. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38146
A Karkota empire era Ekamukhalinga belonging to Kashmir, now at the met museum in nyc. Just how brilliant is this masterpiece?! https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38250
A 900 year old Kakatiya era Maha Vishnu carved out of black stone, belonging to modern day Andhra, now being held at the metropolitan museum in new york. Extensive damage probably occurred during islamic invasion into Orugallu lead by eunuch malik kafur. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38143
Another extremely ornate & intricate Hoysala era sculpture of Maha Vishnu, depicted here as Chennakeshava, stolen out of Belur, Karnataka, now held at the metropolitan museum in nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38517
A Chola era bronze vigraham of the great nayanar, Thirugyana Sambandar, now held at met museum in nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/75960
A 1500 year old Gupta era terracotta sculpture of Maha Vishnu, now being held at the metropolitan museum in nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53472
An over 1000 year old heavily maimed sandstone sculpture of Chamunda probably belonging to modern day Madhya Pradesh. The scorpion is seen clearly climbing up the torso. Also seen is the jata mukuta of skulls. Now held at the met museum in nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38152
A 400 year old bronze vigraha of Lakshmi Narasimha belonging to modern day Himachal Pradesh with eyes inlaid with gold and rubies, held & sold off illegally from a private museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://www.astamangala.com/narasimha-with-shakti/
This Hoysala era Ganesha is now being held at the asian art museum in san francisco, california. Attempt to cross reference it with their website results in an authorization error. http://searchcollection.asianart.org/view/objects/asimages/19386
This Gahadavala era Maha Vishnu carved in sandstone is being auctioned off to an unknown buyer at $48,300 by Christie's, a british auction house. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LargeImage.aspx?image=http://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d15877/d1587772x.jpg
A Hoysala/Vijayanagara era Shri Krishna is now being held at the asian art museum at san francisco, california.
A 854 year old Ganesha with Siddhi and Buddhi carved out of sandstone belonging to the era of Vindhyavarman, the king of Malwa (present day MP) now being held at the norton simon museum, pasadena, california https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1975.16.07.S
A over 2000 year old terracotta sculpture of goddess Lakshmi dating back to the Mauryan era from Kausambi, present day Uttar Pradesh, now being held at the norton simon museum,pasadena, california https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/P.1996.1.3
A 1000 year old bronze vigraham of Nataraja belonging to the Chola era, now held at the norton simon museum,pasadena, california. Mind u these r NOT replicas. Mind numbs at the thought of how so many Chola era bronze vigrahams were smuggled out of Bharat. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1973.05.S
Another extremely rare & ornate 800 year old copper alloy vigraha of Maha Vishu & Lakshmi belonging to Himachal Pradesh, now held at the norton simon museum,pasadena, california. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1972.48.1.S
Another intricate Gahadavala era Vishnu carved out of sandstone, now being held at the norton simon museum, pasadena. Just in awe of the kind of craftsmanship executed under the Gahadavalas..while libs keep deriding Uttar Pradesh as a backward savage state.This is what UP gave us
Even bloody harvard has stashed away our murthis. This 1000 year old Chamunda carved out of sandstone belonged to the Chandela kingdom, who ruled present day Madhya Pradesh. How does @harvartmuseums feel about "owning" stolen art? https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/202415?position=480
An extremely rare 900 year old sandstone murthi of Maha Vishnu in his Vishwaroopa, now being held at @carlosmuseum in Atlanta,Georgia. We'd all like to know how it feels to "own" stolen art? http://carlos.emory.edu/collections/asian/cosmic-form-vishnu
How can Yale, a fellow ivy league of harvard be left behind in "owning" stolen Hindu art? Here is a murthi of Lord Surya riding his chariot, carved out of pink sandstone. The murthi probably belongs to the Chauhan era, who ruled over modern day Rajasthan. https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/177229
A Pala era Maha Vishnu carved out of schist, now stashed away at the Norton Simon Museum ,Pasadena, California. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1978.33.S
Over 800 year old Mahishasuramardini carved out of the highly rigid & nearly impossible to split argillite rock. It belongs to the Pala empire period, who ruled over present day Bengal. This amazing murthi is now stashed away at the met museum in new york https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38583
Yet another stunning murthi of Mahishasuramardini belonging to the same Pala period, this time carved out of black schist, stashed away the the met museum in nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38130
A very rare & stunning 1100 year old murti of Sharada Devi (Saraswati) belonging to Kashmir, carved out of chlorite schist. Now stashed away at the met museum in nyc. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38252#
A rare & highly ornate Murthi of Lakshmi Ganapathi belonging to the times of the great Narasimha Deva of the Eastern Ganga empire (Present day Odisha). It was smuggled & auctioned off in the year 1830 at Christie's. Now stashed away at the british museum https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/stone-sculpture-of-shakti-ganesha/swGCfV9wu5XbLg
Another marvel from Kalinga desha at brit museum. Murthi of Uma Maheshwara belonging to approximately the same times of Narsimhadeva. While some of the Murthis are catalogued by brit museum website, some like these I am cross referencing from other sources https://sites.google.com/site/100objectsbritishmuseum/home/shiva-and-parvati-sculpture
A rare bronze Vighraham of a specific form of Lord Shiva known as Nandikeshwara belonging to the Chola era. Notice the galloping deer on the left hand. The brit museum aren't even aware of this specific attribute of Lord Shiva.For them its just a showpiece http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=223996&partId=1&searchText=shiva&page=2
The remnants of an extremely rare 1200 year old Maha Vishnu belonging to Kashmir, destroyed by islamic invaders. Now in illegal possession of a London based private collector, John Eskenazi Ltd. Our own rare heritage kept away from us! This is deceit of the highest order!
Checkout these smugglers & their recent "acquisition" that includes a 1400 yr old rare sandstone murthi of Uma Maheshvara from Punjab, a 1000 yr old Green schist Lingam belonging to Kashmir, a 2000 yr old buddhist dharma chakra from Amaravathi & many more! http://www.john-eskenazi.com/site/pages/recent.php
A 1200 year old Chandela era Shiva-Parvathi with Ravana lifting mount Kailasa, belonging to present day Madhya Pradesh now being held at the cleveland museum of art. http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.173 
Self confessed loot of this 1000 year old sandstone murthi of Harihara belonging Khajuraho by the thieving british. Its now stashed away at the british museum. https://twitter.com/britishmuseum/status/1007895697851604992?s=19
Checkout this 800 year old Hoysala era murthi of Maha Vishnu sculpted out of soapstone. Now being illegally held at the Kreeger Art Museum @KreegerMuseum in Washington DC. https://www.kreegermuseum.org/about-us/collection/asian-art/Hoysala-Dynasty_Vishnu
A 18th century brass vigraham of Goddess Gaja Lakshmi belonging to Odisha now being held at the Los angeles county museum. It is classified under "South Asian Art" Ha! https://collections.lacma.org/node/240634 
A partially damaged 900 year old murthi of Durga sculpted out of black stone belonging to the Pala era, auctioned away for USD 60,000 (approx INR 41 lakhs) at the notorious british auction house, Christie's. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6017823&lid=1&From=salesummery&sid=dfdceb5f-a88a-4626-859f-8462a4d43acd
A rare 300 year old wooden carving of Mahishasuramardini belonging to Kerala (Travancore), auctioned off at the notorious british auction house christie's for $60,000 ( INR 41 lakhs!) https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/sculptures-statues-figures/a-polychromed-wooden-panel-of-durga-slaying-6017829-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intobjectid=6017829&sid=8d9fb830-802c-46fc-a733-5128f4838943
This amazing miniature ivory sculpture of the Gopuram of the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam is now stashed away at the asian art museum at san francisco.
http://www.marshallastor.com/2011/02/22/hindu-sculpture-at-the-asian-art-museum-of-san-francisco/
A partially damaged (islamic iconoclasm) 900 year old murthi of goddess Lalitha Parameswari (Parvathi) flanked on either side by her sons Ganesha & Skanda, belonging to the Pala era. Observe the mirror in left hand! Now illegally held at the british museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=251395&partId=1&searchText=lalita&page=1
This is absolutely the most amazing sculpture of Lord Suryanarayana I've ever seen! Talk about chiseled look! Pay attention to the kirttimukha, the kamala, the sword in his left hand.Also seen are his consort Prabha & his charioteer, Aruna. Smuggled at V&A http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25158/surya-figure-group-unknown/
A 11th century Chandela era Maha Vishnu belonging to present day Madhya Pradesh now lies smuggled away at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA. Pretty pathetic that @cmoa chose to display stolen art instead of returning it back to India.
A 11th century Chauhan era sculpture of a Surasundari belonging to present day Rajasthan, now smuggled away at the @HFJMuseum which is situated within the famed ivy league @Cornell Univ campus. Seriously how do these folks feel about displaying stolen art? https://museum.cornell.edu/collections/asian-pacific/south-asia/yakshi-love-letter-her-hand
From the same @HFJMuseum ,A 900 year old murthi of Maha Vishnu belonging to the Pala empire period, who ruled over much of present day Bengal & Bihar. Will @Cornell make amends by repatriating this stolen murthi back to India? There is no justification for displaying stolen art.
This 1100 year old rare & exquisite panel depicting all the Navagrahas belonging to the Pala era, who ruled over Bihar is no longer in Bharat. It lies smuggled away at the San Diego Museum of Art. It was acquired by them as recently as December 2007. http://collection.sdmart.org/Obj22086?sid=160&x=7081&port=2855
A 1200 year old Bronze Murthi of Maha Vishnu & Sridevi belonging to the late Gauda period/early Pala period who ruled over present day Bengal, now lies smuggled away at the San Diego Museum of Art. http://collection.sdmart.org/Obj24127?sid=160&x=7072&port=2855
A 1400 year old murthi of Vinadhara Dakshinamurti belonging to the times of the Maitrakas of Vallabhi, who ruled over present day Gujarat between 500 to 800 CE. This murthi now lies smuggled away at the San Diego Museum of Art @SDMA http://collection.sdmart.org/Obj12706?sid=160&x=8237&port=2844
A 900 year old Chola era Bronze Vigraham of the foremost of the 63 Nayanars (Shaivite saints) Gnanasambandar now lies smuggled away at the San Diego Museum of Art @SDMA provenance info suggests it was smuggled away pre-independence. http://collection.sdmart.org/Obj11108?sid=160&x=8903&port=2855
A 1000 year old Gurjara-Pratihara era panel of Ganesha belonging to present day Rajasthan now held at the San Diego Museum of Art @SDMA.
A 1800 year old Gupta era terracotta sculpture of head of a Makara ( a sea creature) also vahana of Varuna & Ganga now being held at the San Diego Museum of Art @SDMA .This piece was smuggled away from what is today known as Uttar Pradesh. http://collection.sdmart.org/Obj21254?sid=160&x=9704&port=2855
An extremely rare & intact 900 yr old murthi of Maha Vishnu known as Vaikuntha Chaturmurti belonging to Kashmir.

Notice the lion faced Narasimha (L) & boar faced Varaha (R).

This marvel now lies stolen away at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141640/http%3A//collections.lacma.org/node/238399
A terrific 900 yr old murthi of Goddess Chamunda belonging to Pala empire who ruled over Bengal & Bihar. Notice the Mundamala & the Scorpion on the torso. At the very base r depicted asuras Chanda & Munda in a decapitated form.

Smuggled away at @LACMA

https://collections.lacma.org/node/224708 
A marvelous 300+ year old murthi of Goddess Kali carved out of wood. Smuggled away from Kerala. Now in the possession of @LACMA
Checkout this very rare 1300 year old murthi of Goddess Kaumari belonging to the Pratihara era! She is considered as the shakti of Kartikeya. Notice her vahana the Peacock, the same as Lord Murugan. Again proves his worship was pan-Bharat before islamic invasions. Smuggled @LACMA
A 1300 yr old murthi of Revanta, son of Lord Surya. He is seen here riding a horse accompanied by attendants known as Guhyakas, whose chief he is. Notice he is wearing long boots. One of the guhyaka is also carrying a boar on his shoulder. Stolen @lacma https://collections.lacma.org/node/240381 
This Karkota era Mahisasuramardhini was repatriated to Bharat in 2015 after it was smuggled away to US in the 90's after the Pandit exodus. It later found its way into the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Murthi is currently on display at the SPS Museum in Srinagar, UT of J&K
This 1200 year old Pratihara era Chamunda is now smuggled away at the norton simon museum in the US. She holds a khagga(sword), krpana(dagger), panapatra(vessel),damaru,a munda(severed head),khatvanga. She's wearing a mundamala & seated on top of a preta. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1978.07.S
A 1400 year old sandstone murthi of Kubera belonging to the Gupta era smuggled away at the NS museum in California. Kubera is seated & holding a pot of soma in his left hand. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.1975.11.04.S
A 1000 year old murthi of Trivikrama belonging to the Sena empire who ruled Bengal. He has 4 arms & holds the kaumodaki(mace) & sudarshana chakra as astras. The left foot is pointing skywards. Vamana & Bali chakravarthi can be seen beside his right foot. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.2010.1.54.S
900 year old sculpture of Agni belonging to the times of the Chahamanas( Prithviraj Chauhan) is now smuggled away at the Hamburg museums.

Agni is depicted with 4 arms here. Each holding a Kamandala, vyajana(circular fan),jvala(fire torch).The 4th arm is unfortunately severed off
This 1400 year old Gupta era murthi of Narasimha is now smuggled away at the LA county museum. He hold the Shanka & Chakra with the left arms. While the upper right arm is missing, he probably holds a gada(mace) with the lower one. https://collections.lacma.org/node/246445 
A 900 year old Chola era granite murthi of Gajasurasamhara smuggled away at Cleveland museum, US. The scene depicts Shiva slaying evil asura Gajasura who takes the form of an elephant to torment the Brahmins of Kashi. He is depicted with 8 arms here. https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.164 
This 1000 year Pala era murthi of Maha Vishnu now lies smuggled away in the museum of far eastern antiquities in Stockholm, Sweden.

The upper right arm wields the Kaumodaki, upper left the Sudarshana, lower right the padma & lower left arm is damaged.

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/hindu-sculpture-black-basalt-unknown/2wGq3JPFocVxUg?hl=en
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