US EditionWho Is Aryatara Shakya, 2-Year-Old Chosen Nepal’s ‘Living Goddess’?
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The Washington Post · Binaj Gurubacharya (The Associated Press) Kathmandu, Nepal. On Tuesday, in the midst of Nepal’s longest and most important Hindu festival, devotees carried a two-year-old girl into a temple in the capital, Kathmandu. Aryatara Shakya, two years and eight months old, had just been chosen as the new kumari, or “virgin goddess,” replacing the current one, who according to tradition becomes a mere mortal when she reaches puberty…
This Tuesday, September 30, Aryatara Shakya, a 2-year-old girl, was chosen to be a new "living goddess of Nepal. She will now be revered by...
Nepal's New Living Goddess: Meet the 2-Year-Old Chosen as the Kumari
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 one individual: a two-year-old now revered as the 'Virgin Goddess'. Carried aloft amid the beat of drums, the swirl of dancers, and women bearing tika on their foreheads, Aryatara Shakya took center stage in her sacred enthronement. Shakya, her eyes r…
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