Kumaris are chosen between the ages of 2 and 4 years old and live mostly in isolation within the temple until puberty.

Beneath the anger of youth uprising lies an older, rigid and unbreakable social order, one that continues to shape the ...

No political system—no matter how perfect in theory—can automatically suit or succeed in every nation. We all know that the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kumari, a young girl who is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a living goddess, left her temple palace and was driven around the center of the capital in a ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country's ...

Seventeen years after the former Hindu kingdom became a secular state, Christians have a pathway to legal recognition. Prakash Karki had every reason to be despondent. He had opened a 25-bed hospital ...

Young protesters upset over corruption have exacted political change, yet churches face an uncertain future. On September 7, the eve of Nepal’s historic Gen Z protest, Nepali Christian scholar Karuna ...

Since 2020, Shree Krishna Temple has provided Hindu worship and community to Pittsburgh’s Nepali refugee population from ...