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A Living Goddess – Kumari Devi

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jan 20

When Vince was in Kathmandu in 2015, he visited Durbar Square and was able to see the Kumari or 'living goddess'. It is a Hindu tradition for high priests to choose a young girl, between 4 and 7, as the Kumari Devi. She is...

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Can you guess who this is?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jan 20

We went to Durbar Square in Kathmandu today and into the World Heritage site. Several of the largest and oldest of the buildings in the site were either damaged or destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. There was a lot of restoration...

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The Mohna in Mukutmanipur is a beautiful site.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23241) 29 Dec 17

In Mukutmanipur there is a beautiful meeting point of river Kangabati with river Kumari. Visitors ride on an open van from the bridge of the barrage and come to this point to see the mohna where the place where the two rivers...

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