Kumari - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:46:44 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Kumari - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Three-year old proclaimed Kathmandu's "living goddess" https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/10/02/kumari-nepal-living-goddess/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:55:27 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=100217 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

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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 to leave her new home only 13 times a year, on special feast days, when she will be paraded through Kathmandu in ceremonial dress and elaborate makeup to be worshipped.

Child rights activists say the Kumaris are denied a childhood and their isolation from society hinders their education and development.

Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/nepal-names-3-year-old-as-new-living-goddess-9255858 Read more

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