Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Kumari (living goddess) at the Bhoto Jatra festival

Wiki can explain better than I can:
 "Kumari, or Kumari Devi, is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in South Asian countries. Kumari literally means virgin in SanskritNepali and other Indian languages and is a name of the goddess Durga as a child.[1] In Nepal a Kumari is aprepubescent girl selected from the Shakya clan of the Nepalese Newari community. The Kumari is revered and worshiped by some of the country's Hindus as well as the Nepali Buddhists, though not the Tibetan Buddhists.  A Kumari is believed to be the bodily incarnation of the goddess Taleju (the Nepalese name for Durga) until she menstruates, after which it is believed that the goddess vacates her body


















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  1. wooooooooow kumari maa i love i n yup abt living goddess kumari maa : c is given a form of mother of karuna maya n where ever karuna maya (machindra nath) exists there kumari maa stands in a protection for her son

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