Kumari Pooja in Nepal

Kumari Pooja in Nepal

A Nepali Hindu girl donned as Living Goddess Kumari plays at Basantapur Durbar Sqaure right before the Kumari Pooja in capital Kathmandu. Girls running in their pre-pubescent period under go the procession which is believed to ward off the evils and protect the girls. It is a annual procession which takes place in front of Taleju Bhawani Temple attended by hundreds of girls.

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