Nepal : Tradition of ‘Kumari’ – Three year old is the new Kumari A three-year-old girl, Trishna Shakya, from Shakya community has been made the new living goddess – “Kumari” of Nepal’s capital city announced the Hindu priests of Nepal recently. The young child was among four finalists from the Shakya clan vying for the position of living goddess, called ‘Kumari’. Wearing a red dress, Kumari makeup, which includes a ‘third-eye’ painted on her forehead, […]