Kumari

I was browsing through the April Around the World photo gallery on CBC (www.cbc.ca/photogallery/world/2112) and was struck by the 23rd pic. It's of a Kumari, a living goddess in Nepal, she is a young child who after a selection process becomes a goddess and is one until she gets her first period (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kumari).

I was fascinated by the stunning costume and makeup as well as the idea of being a living goddess and how it must feel to return to the everyday mortal world.

I have to find the book 'From Goddess to Mortal' by a former Kumari, Rashmila Shakya.

Jane

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