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Kumari Bahal, Basantapur, Kathmandu Askmeaboutnepal wrote: The inner courtyard of the mid-8th century Kumari Bahal in Basantapur adjoining Kathmandu Durbar Square forms part of the famous house of the Kumari, the deified living virgin. Details of the carved windows, roof struts an balcony show the complexity of construction and variety of design. The Kumari Bahal is famed for its finely carved deities, peacocks and doves that adorn the balcony windows. A girl-child chosen from the Shakya, clan of gold and silversmiths, the Royal Kumari is amongst several living goddesses still worshipped throughout the Valley. During the great festival of Indrajatra, she rides a wooden chariot that is dragged through the streets of Kathmandu, accompanied by Ganesh and Bhairav who are represented by two boys. askmeaboutnepal.com (via Instagram: Ask Me About Nepal)

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Nepal names 3-year-old as new Kumari, Kathmandu 'Living goddess': Trishna Shakya, 3, is named Kathmandu's new Kumari, will be worshipped until she reaches puberty. (via Twitter: AFP news agency)

Nepal names 3-year-old as new 'living goddess' [Sep 27,2017] KATHMANDU: A three-year-old girl has been named the new Kumari of Nepal's capital Kathmandu after her predecessor retired when she reached puberty, continuing an ancient tradition that sees young girls worshipped as "living goddesses". Trishna Shakya will be anointed as the new Kumari in a ceremony on Thursday, when she will be taken from her family home to live in a palace in Kathmandu's ancient Durbar Square where she will be cared for by specially appointed caretakers. She was selected from among four candidates, Uddhav Man Karmacharya, a Hindu priest who attends to the Kumari, told AFP on Tuesday. The outgoing Kumari (Photo), Matine Shakya, was anointed in 2008 at the age of three. (via The Times of India)

Nepal's newly retired 'living goddess' starts school KATHMANDU: Matina Shakya was only three when she was taken away from her parents to be worshipped as a "living goddess" in Nepal's historic capital. On Monday she finally started school after puberty ended her nine-year reign. Dressed in a green uniform and stripped of the heavy make-up she used to wear, Shakya, 12, looked like any other student as she walked into the Green Peace Co-ed School in Kathmandu. The Kumaris cannot attend school, and most have struggled to reintegrate into society after they retire. But Shakya received private tuition following a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that the living goddesses should be educated. Her father Pratap Man Shakya said she had attended nursery at the school and he was confident she would be able to adapt to her new life. Read more (via Twitter: AFP News Agency)

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