Nepal's Newly Anointed Living Goddess Kumari Embarks On First City Tour
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Nepal's new living goddess, Aryatara Shakya, participated in her first city tour during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu.
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- Aryatara Shakya, the newly anointed Royal Kumari, toured Kathmandu for five days as part of the annual Indra Jatra festival.
- Thousands of devotees gathered at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Kathmandu Durbar Square to witness the procession of the living deities.
- The festival honors Lord Indra and celebrates the local culture of the Newar community.
- Participants included high-ranking government officials who paid their respects to the living goddesses and gods.
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Loyal Ghale
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“It is my first Indra Jatra experience. It was very joyful and celebratory; my first experience truly became the best. Today’s Indra Jatra coincidentally became mine as well as the newly anointed Kumari’s first Indra Jatra, I also got to know that. I got to know more about the culture, I also got to see other living gods as well. I waited for about three hours to see the newly anointed Kumari, and it was worth it”
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…from around the valley poured into the premises of Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to witness the celebration as well as pay homage to the living gods in human form despite the continuous rain. “ It is my first Indra Jatra experience. It was very joyful and celebratory; my first experience truly became the best. Today’s Indra Jatra coincidentally became mine as well as the newly anointed Kumari’s first Indra Jatra, I also got to know that. I got to know more about the culture, I also got to see other living gods as well. I waited for about three hours to see the newly anointed Kumari, and it was worth it ,” Loyal Ghale, a reveller, told ANI. Nepal has the tradition of worshipping a girl as a Kumari from the Newar Community, the originals of the Kathmandu Valley, after she undergoes various religious tests. The test for…
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NamedNepal · Kathmandu Durbar Square · Aryatara Shakya · Indra Jatra · Loyal Ghale · Ram Chandra Paudel · Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav · Sudhan Gurung · Sunita Dangol · Swarnim Wagle · UNESCO
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