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Nepal appoints new living goddess
(Agencies/Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-10-08 09:16
Matani Shakya, 3, newly appointed 'kumari,' or living goddess in Nepal, is greeted by a crowd as she is taken to kumari house in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Selected between the ages of 2 and 4, living goddesses are worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists. Devotees touch the girls' feet with their foreheads, the highest sign of respect among Hindus in Nepal. During religious festivals the girls are wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees. [Agencies]