Posts Tagged ‘Kumari’

Three-year old proclaimed Kathmandu’s “living goddess”

Monday, October 2nd, 2017

A three-year-old girl has been chosen to be Kathmandu’s new “living goddess”  (Kumari). Uddhav Man Karmacharya, a Hindu priest who attends to the Kumari, says according to an ancient tradition the child will take her place on the Kumari’s throne after prayers and tantric rituals are performed. When she is anointed she will be allowed Read more