India's Imprint on Faith on Display in New York City Art Museum

THE HINDU
By Lavina Melwani

ABuddha Granting Boons, part of the ' Lost Kingdom' exhibition
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photos: Thierry Ollivier

NEW YORK---For the first time, the cream of treasures have been gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Sometimes entire worlds disappear, yet art survives and tells us the stories that would have remained untold. ‘Sivapada’ (Siva's footprints), a wonderful sandstone sculpture by unknown artists in Northern Cambodia of 7th-8th century, shows us the imprint of Hinduism on the Southeast Asian cultures of the first millennium that have vanished. [link]