Patan, Nepal: When a massive earthquake struck Nepal in April, Nepal's longest-serving "living goddess" was forced to do the unthinkable -- walk the streets for the first time in her life, she told ...

Nepal is a land of mysticism, where a select few pre-pubescent girls from the Newar clan are worshiped as ‘Kumari Devi’ or ‘Virgin Goddess’. According to tradition, Durga (the Hindu goddess of ...

Last month's earthquake brought much of Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square, a World Heritage Site, tumbling to the ground. Nepal's showcase temples and palaces were reduced to ruins. But save for a ...

Radha, a recently retired Kumari, is excited to explore Patan Darbar Square for the very first time as an ordinary girl. She has left behind the elaborate and time-consuming rituals that burdened her ...

I still remember the first time I saw one of Nepal's child goddesses. Three years ago this month, an attendant carried her in a procession through the historic, winding streets of Patan during the ...

Dhana Kumari Bajracharya, 63, is s “retired” reincarnation of the Hindu goddess Taleju Bhawani. She was enthroned in 1954 when she was two years old. Her niece Chanira was chosen as Kumari in 2001.

KATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - Perhaps divine intervention helped. A Nepali girl revered by many as a "living goddess" has become the first sitting deity to pass the high school leaving certificate exam, ...

PATAN, Nepal, April 7 (Reuters Life!) - Even a "living goddess" is sometimes faced with tough decisions. Sign up here. Chanira Bajracharya, 15, has been the Kumari or "living goddess" of Patan, an ...