


So here we are to see, Kumari, the world's only living Goddess. She is selected and installed in this temple at around 4 years and then gets booted after she reaches maturity (see health class for details). To figure out who is the next Kumari, people search for a little girl who has the characteristics of Kumari. Then, after they weed it down to a bunch, they put all of the little girls in a scary room with 99 severed buffalo heads, scary music, and demon-like masked dancers. The REAL Kumari doesn't get scared. True.
Every once in a while she pops her head out of the golden window and people get to see her. We had no such luck. She is a big deal at all the festivals, though, where she gets pulled around by this giant chariot.

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