बिश्वास गर्नु नगर्नु तपाइको कुरा हो तर गायिका बिष्णु कुँवरले आज बुटवलमा हजारौ मान्छेहरूको भिडमा देखाएको चमत्कार अनुसन्धानको बिषय बन्न पुगेको छl

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The current Kumari of Kathmandu, age 9, is the best known of several girls who are worshipped in Nepal, and is revered by many though she lives an isolated and secretive existence inside the house and is rarely seen. At her home, caretaker Gautam Shakya says the building’s square shape stabilized it in the recent tremors. Yet nothing so mundane was involved, insists Udhav Man Karmacharya, one of the main priests attending the Kumari. “It’s the power of the goddess; it’s about faith,” the priest declares. “It’s been the home of Kumaris for ages and we believe the force of that goddess made the house safe.” Chanira Bajracharya, now 19, was a Living Goddess. She held the position from age 5 to 15, then relinquished it in keeping with the centuries-old tradition. In this undated photo, she’s shown in her regalia when she was still a Kumari. Kumaris are drawn from the Newar community, the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley for whom planets, karma and an array of gods play a vital role in day-to-day life. Gautam Shakya, in the eleventh generation of Kumari caretakers, says they are Buddhists who adopted the Hindu caste system and embody harmony. “One doesn’t discriminate against the other. We Newars are Buddhist. The Kumari is from a Buddhist family but she is a Hindu goddess,” he says. There’s at least one major drawback to being a Kumari. You must relinquish the position when you reach puberty and return to the ranks of mere mortals.The current Kumari was not available for an interview. But Chanira Bajracharya, now 19, recalled when the title was conferred on her in the historic city of Patan when she was just 5 years old. It followed an elaborate search that included an elimination round in which seven girls were handed grains and studied for their reaction: “Some became fevered; some cried,” she says. Barjracharya only turned a slight blush color.

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