A Kumari tradition and believers started in the year of 877 in the Newari Calendar, which is 1757 AD which was started by the Queen of Mella dynasty when she used to select beautiful young girls who she could manifest in, and the custom grew from there.
In Nepal, a Kumari is a young beautiful girl selected from the Shakya caste of the NEPALESE NEWARI Buddhist community, the Kumari is revered and worshiped by some of the country’s Hindus too. While the several Kumaris throughout Nepal.
This is a tradition of worshiping young girls’ manifestation of the divine female energy or devil in the Asian religious traditions,
The word KUMARI is derived from Sanskrit. The young beautiful young god lives in the Kumari Ghar, a palace in the center of the city, The selection process for her is especially rigorous,
A Kumari goddess is Virgin worshiped girl since birth, whose feet never touches the ground because she is scared of it, she is not allowed to talk or even to smile, and it is said when she smiles at you, you will die
The current Kumari is TRISHNA SHAKYA who took over from MATINA SHAKYA in September 2017, Trishna was just 3 years old when she was declared the new Kumari. After menstruation starts, the girls are put through a 12-day ‘GUFA RITUAL’ after which their life as a Kumari ends, and they return to ordinary life, that they never knew.
Compiled by Shumi Sumaya