'Living Goddesses' are chosen as infants and adored by thousands until they reach puberty Latest child, Matina Shakya, took her seat as a Kumari in August 2010 aged three ...

A smile dimples her cheeks when I ask her what she’ll do if, later today, she’s chosen to be a kumari, or living goddess, a role that will bring people to their knees before her.

As she completes 10 years as an artiste, Raja Kumari reflects on her journey, going through a transformation, the trauma that ...

As she completes 10 years as an artiste, Raja Kumari reflects on her journey ... I do think of my art as an offering at the altar of Goddess Saraswati. In the last 10 years, I feel that I have ...