3 year old becomes Nepal's new living goddess

In a centuries-old ritual the country's new Maoist-led coalition has allowed to continue authorities in Nepal enthroned a three-year-old girl as a new Kumari, or the main "living goddess", on Tuesday. Traditionally, different cities in the Kathmandu Valley have separate "living goddesses". But the most powerful one lives in an ornate 15th century temple in an old part of Kathmandu.

 
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