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 ...

“She was just my daughter yesterday, but today she is a goddess.” So said the father of Aryatara Shakya, the two-year-old proclaimed Nepal’s new “living goddess”. Carried by family members from their ...

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 ...

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

PATAN, Nepal — When the 6-year-old goddess wept for four days, it was viewed as a terrible omen for Nepal, and her tears appeared to have foreshadowed a national tragedy. On the last day of her crying ...

Nepal offers a journey through history. Explore Durbar Squares in Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur. Visit Pashupatinath Temple, a sacred Hindu site. Discover Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace. Immerse in ...

PATAN, Nepal, Apr 7 (bdnews24.com/Reuters Life!) - Even a "living goddess" is sometimes faced with tough decisions. Chanira Bajracharya, 15, has been the Kumari or ...