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The Future of Nepal’s “Living” Goddess: Is Her Death Necessary?
by Deepak Shimkhada

Kumari
Nepal, 17th c.
Gilt copper repousse
Rubin Museum of Art, New York

One of the eight “Mother Goddesses” very popular among the Newars, both Hindu and Buddhist.
Kumari is the female energy of Kumara, son of Siva and Parvati.


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