Three antique sculptures are set to return to India from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art after research established that they were stolen from temples in Tamil Nadu.

India's Deputy Chief of Mission in the US Namgya Khampa signed an agreement here with National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) Director Chase Robinson for the return of a ninth-century Shiva Nataraja bronze, a 12th-century sculpture of Shiva and Uma, and a 16th-century depiction of Saint Sundarar with Paravi.