KATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - The fall of Nepal's monarchy has left a 12-year-old girl who served as a "living goddess" without a $40 monthly pension nearly a year after she retired. When the king still ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country's ...

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KATMANDU, Nepal — Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. Wrapped in red ...

Toddler Aryatara Shakya has been appointed Nepal's new Living Goddess Kumari following an ancient selection process which included a traditional Trial of Bravery. The two-and-a-half year old girl was ...

A two-year-old girl has been chosen as the new living goddess of Nepal. She was carried by her family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace on Tuesday, coinciding with the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Trishna Shakya, 11, looks imposing in her finery as she is carried high in the arms of a helper from the temple palace. As she rides a chariot bedecked in garlands of brilliant ...