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  • Seven retired Royal Kumaris are honored inside Kathmandu Durbar Square in the morning of the final day of Kumāri Jātrā, where the Royal Kumari is taken around the city in a chariot procession among thousands of the country's Hindus and Nepali Buddhists. The word Kumari literally means “virgin” in Nepali. These living goddesses are young, pre-pubescent girls who are considered to be incarnations of the Hindu goddess of power, Kali.  <br />
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Contract for story is Kashinath Tamot, kashinath.tamot@nepalmandal.org and Sangeeta Lama, sangeetala@gmail.com .
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  • Seven retired Royal Kumaris are honored inside Kathmandu Durbar Square in the morning of the final day of Kumari Jatra, where the Royal Kumari is taken around the city in a chariot procession among thousands of the country’s Hindus and Nepali Buddhists.
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  • Worshipers try to touch 9-year-old Matina Shakya, the Royal Kumari, as she is brought back to her residence after a procession around the city during the Seto Machindranath Chariot Festival in Kathmandu.
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  • Six-year-old Unika Vajracharya days after her selection as Patan’s living goddess. A room in the house—a precious commodity in the overcrowded city of Kathmandu—must be set aside as a puja, or worship room, with a throne where the goddess can receive devotees.
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