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Unika Vajracharya, 6, is adorned with her ritual jewelry for the first time. In Nepal, prepubescent Newari girls known as kumaris are worshipped as deities, endowed with foreknowledge, able to cure the sick, fulfill wishes, and bestow blessings for protection and prosperity.

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Nepal's Living Goddesses
Unika Vajracharya, 6, is adorned with her ritual jewelry for the first time. In Nepal, prepubescent Newari girls known as kumaris are worshipped as deities, endowed with foreknowledge, able to cure the sick, fulfill wishes, and bestow blessings for protection and prosperity.