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Kumari - Living Goddess - Nepal

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November 2007 To believers, Nepal's child goddesses or Kumaris can bestow luck with a glance. But when these children grow up, returning to normal life is virtually impossible. Girls selected as Kumaris must be aged between two and four and satisfy all the conditions of '32 perfections'. For a few short years, "all Nepalese people worship them" states one woman. But as soon as they experience their first menstruation, they lose their goddess status.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 15:41
Rating: 4.70
Views: 36597

Tags: blessings  children  girls  goddess  hindu  incarnation  journeyman  kumari  living  nepal  pictures  Taleju  tradition  

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die4gooners (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i really thank you for posting this video, it really reminds me where i belong to and how much pride i have .
die4gooners (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
there are thousand of things in nepal which is beyond today's scientific world, these sciences will take ages to get to know the reasons behind such things, kumari is also one of them, there has been a very interesting story behind becoming kumari, no all girls can become kumari, and when a girl is chosen to be kumari then she atumatically gets the spiritual power, its something else.
ReBeLxHiNaTa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i feel bad for her. she doesnt look happy at all..how do they know she's the incarnation of that goddess?
tsoogii (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
how cruel, she doesnt allowed to talk
ghosari (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For an in-depth study of Kumari read John Mellowship's book 'The Enchanted World of Kumari'
ghosari (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For those who want an in-depth study of this topic I recommend 'The Enchanted World of Kumari', a book by John Mellowship pub. by Pilgrim Publishers
ghosari (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For those who would like a more in-depth knowledge of this very interesting and valuable Nepalese institution I recommend The Enchanted World of Kumari a recent book by John Mellowship published by Pilgrims Publishing, Varanasi, India.
LalaluvsBarnes (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
amen to that!
geodesicks (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Atheism is not a religion. Its just lack of belief in a deity, any deity. There are no direct moral corollaries, no scriptures -- its just a philosophical position. I did follow Islam for a brief period. And it didn't really earn my respect. It is a set of primitive beliefs in the supernatural and the afterlife and one doesn't really have to look around too much in the world today to see how that is playing out. Why afford beliefs a-priori respect in the first place? Make them earn it.
LalaluvsBarnes (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is a really good vid. THANKS

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