Kumaris are chosen between the ages of 2 and 4 years old and live mostly in isolation within the temple until puberty.
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Beneath the anger of youth uprising lies an older, rigid and unbreakable social order, one that continues to shape the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Celebration swept through Nepal this week as a new living deity was revealed after days of deliberation. Crowds of Hindus and Buddhists, dressed in their finest ceremonial attire, gathered to honor ...
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 ...
Kunda Dixit, one of Nepal’s top journalists, talks about the stunning turn of events in the South Asian nation and how its society reached the boiling point. People celebrate and take pictures after ...