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Toddler 'Aryatara Shakya' is anointed as "Kumari" the Living goddess after
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The two-and-half year old goddess passed the selection process which included a traditional trial of bravery. On Tuesday she was brought to the Taleju Bhawani temple carried by her father on arms parading through the city where thousands of people queued in line to get a glance of her. Read More
Indra Jatra: Nepal's living deities start five-day tour of city signaling
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The chariots hoisting the three living goddess and god made their way through the sea of devotees who waited for hours to take their blessings and have a sight. It is one of the rarest events where the living goddess and the gods would make a public appearance in the former royal palace befo
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Nepal's living deities embark on Kathmandu's five-day tour, signal arrival
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Devotees pulled the chariots hoisting living Goddess Kumari, Ganesh and Bhairav through the sea of revelers who had gathered in the Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Nepal worships pre-pubescent girls as re-incarnation of God in "Kumari Poo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 8 (ANI): Donned in regalia-alike living goddess Kumari, a total of 501 Nepali Hindu girls below the age of 12 years on Thursday morning performed various rituals to please Goddess Taleju Bhawani seeking blessings.
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Search for Nepal's new 'Living Goddess-Kumari' begins
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 14 (ANI): Panauti, an ancient town in Nepal, is all set to begin the search for a Living Goddess-Kumari.
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Young girls worshipped in Nepal during traditional 'Kumari Puja' celebrati
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 19 (ANI): Decked up in red-coloured finery, several girls under the age of seven lined up to be worshipped turn by turn at the Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu for the 'Kumari Puja', a tradition that worships pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of godde
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Meet Trishna Shakya, Nepal's living goddess
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sep 25 (ANI): Nepal's living goddess, Trishna Shakya, made her first public appearance after being anointed in September last year.
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Three-year-old girl child inaugurated as 'living goddess' in Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 29 (ANI):A three-year-old girl has been anointed as the new Kumari of Kathmandu by Hindu priests in a ritual on Thursday as a part of ancient tradition that is being followed in Nepal of worshipping young girls as 'living Goddesses'.
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Nepal: New Kumari Trishna Shakya takes reign as Living Goddess
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 29 (ANI): Three-year-old Trishna Shakya has taken charge as the new Living Goddess Kumari after her predecessor Matina Shakya retired, in Nepal.
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