Kumari/ Taleju (living goddess): Nepal - Revision history

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 [[Kumari/ Taleju (living goddess): Nepal]]
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 [[Category:Nepal|K KUMARI/ TALEJU (LIVING GODDESS): NEPAL
 KUMARI/ TALEJU (LIVING GODDESS): NEPAL]]
 [[Category:Religion|K KUMARI/ TALEJU (LIVING GODDESS): NEPAL
 KUMARI/ TALEJU (LIVING GODDESS): NEPAL]]

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	[[Kumari/ Taleju (living goddess): Nepal]]		[[Kumari/ Taleju (living goddess): Nepal]]

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 Now Unika and her family—and the kumari throne—had moved to the house next door. Samita was at school and making headway. She had friends, some of whom had visited her throughout her three and a half years as the kumari. But she still dreamed sometimes that she was the kumari—dreams from which she would wake up with a pang of regret.
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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=TOI-IN-NEPAL-Living-goddess-devotees-were-unscathed-03052015001008  Keshav Pradhan, ''The Times of India'', May 03 2015]
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 [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text  ''National Geographic’s '' EDITOR’S NOTE:] [After] the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25… The kumaris in the Kathmandu Valley survived the disaster and the severe aftershock on May 12, as did their residences in Kathmandu and Patan. But buildings and temples came down all around them. The former kumaris featured in [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text   Isabella Tree’s] story also survived.
 =Patan Kumaris=
 These are the names of some 21st century kumaris. Additional information about previous kumaris, and their reigns, even about a single kumari, may please be sent as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name.

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	But in 2008 Nepal’s supreme court essentially rejected a Newari woman’s petition against the tradition, citing its cultural and religious significance.		But in 2008 Nepal’s supreme court essentially rejected a Newari woman’s petition against the tradition, citing its cultural and religious significance.
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		+	([http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-names-3-year-old-as-new-living-goddess/articleshow/60854976.cms AFP adds]: In 2008, Nepal's Supreme Court ruled the living goddesses should be educated and they are now taught inside the palace where they live and are allowed to sit their exams there.)

	Ananta Jwalananda Rajopadhyaya, the head priest of the Taleju Temple—which adjoins the old royal palace where Patan’s kings used to worship the royal kumari as their lineage goddess, Taleju—is waiting in the courtyard. This is the first time, the 77-year-old priest tells me ruefully, that there have been only two candidates for the final selection. It would be auspicious to have three. He blames family planning for the dwindling pool of eligible girls to select from and says parents are also becoming more reluctant. “People are not used to following the religious disciplines these days. They are becoming distracted by other things.”		Ananta Jwalananda Rajopadhyaya, the head priest of the Taleju Temple—which adjoins the old royal palace where Patan’s kings used to worship the royal kumari as their lineage goddess, Taleju—is waiting in the courtyard. This is the first time, the 77-year-old priest tells me ruefully, that there have been only two candidates for the final selection. It would be auspicious to have three. He blames family planning for the dwindling pool of eligible girls to select from and says parents are also becoming more reluctant. “People are not used to following the religious disciplines these days. They are becoming distracted by other things.”

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	Every Newar has a horoscope, drawn up at birth by an astrologer. A hand-painted scroll of complex tables and diagrams kept in a strongbox in the family worship room, the horoscope bears a person’s private birth name and the astrological signs believed to influence his or her life. A candidate’s horoscope must have no inauspicious indications. The most favorable sign for a kumari is the peacock—symbol of the goddess.		Every Newar has a horoscope, drawn up at birth by an astrologer. A hand-painted scroll of complex tables and diagrams kept in a strongbox in the family worship room, the horoscope bears a person’s private birth name and the astrological signs believed to influence his or her life. A candidate’s horoscope must have no inauspicious indications. The most favorable sign for a kumari is the peacock—symbol of the goddess.
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		+	([http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-names-3-year-old-as-new-living-goddess/articleshow/60854976.cms AFP adds about the Kathmandu kumari]: Selection criteria for aspiring Kumaris is strict and includes a number of specific physical attributes such as an unblemished body, a chest like a lion and thighs like a deer. Even if a girl fulfils all the physical requirements, she must then prove her bravery by not crying at the sight of a sacrificed buffalo.)

	==Customs, legends==		==Customs, legends==

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 [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/nepal-names-3-year-old-as-new-living-goddess/articleshow/60854976.cms   Nepal names 3-year-old as new 'living goddess' | Sep 27, 2017|AFP]
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 When outside, the Kumari — who is considered an embodiment of the Hindu goddess Taleju — is carried because her feet are not allowed to touch the ground.
 But the number of girls being put forward by their families to be selected as a Kumari has dwindled in recent years.

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 [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text  ''National Geographic’s '' EDITOR’S NOTE:] [After] the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25… The kumaris in the Kathmandu Valley survived the disaster and the severe aftershock on May 12, as did their residences in Kathmandu and Patan. But buildings and temples came down all around them. The former kumaris featured in [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text   Isabella Tree’s] story also survived.
 =Patan Kumaris=
-These are the names of some 21st kumaris. Additional information about previous kumaris, and their reigns, even about a single kumari, may please be sent as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name.
+These are the names of some 21st century kumaris. Additional information about previous kumaris, and their reigns, even about a single kumari, may please be sent as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name.
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 Unika Vajracharya (2015-)
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	[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text ''National Geographic’s '' EDITOR’S NOTE:] [After] the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25… The kumaris in the Kathmandu Valley survived the disaster and the severe aftershock on May 12, as did their residences in Kathmandu and Patan. But buildings and temples came down all around them. The former kumaris featured in [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text Isabella Tree’s] story also survived.		[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text ''National Geographic’s '' EDITOR’S NOTE:] [After] the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25… The kumaris in the Kathmandu Valley survived the disaster and the severe aftershock on May 12, as did their residences in Kathmandu and Patan. But buildings and temples came down all around them. The former kumaris featured in [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/nepal-kumaris/tree-text Isabella Tree’s] story also survived.
		+	=Patan Kumaris=
		+	These are the names of some 21st kumaris. Additional information about previous kumaris, and their reigns, even about a single kumari, may please be sent as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name.
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		+	Chanira Vajracharya
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		+	Samita Vajracharya (? - 2015)
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 Barring the chipping of some slabs at its base, Taleju Temple was not damaged.
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 [[Kathmandu, 1908 ]]