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China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-08 07:50
Nepal's new 'living goddess'
Authorities in Nepal enthroned a three-year-old girl as a new Kumari, or the main "living goddess", yesterday, in a centuries-old ritual.
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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