Sunday, November 13, 2011

Kumari: The Living Human Goddess, Nepal

This is a book about living human Goddess of Nepal. Nepal has a living human goddess since about six hundred fifty years ago. This Goddess is incarnation of the Goddess Taleju Bhawani and is regarded as symbol of power and purity on the one hand, and combination of divine and human on the other.
Who is the human Goddess Kumari? How is a human maiden chosen to ascend on the divine throne? How long is the tenureship of the divine post? When is the termination from the post? etc are narrated in this book. Other more are importance of the work ‘KUMARI, Kumari’s visit to different places of the country in the form of Goddess of power, the historical background about the origin of Goddess Kumari and narration of chariot-pulling of Goddess Kumari on the occasion of Indra Jatra are included in this book.


For more detail information, please contact:
Author: Mr. Vidya Bahadur Bajracharya
Address: Kathmandu, Nepal

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