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The Sacred Fire (and Re-Hire)

July 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Picture Source In 2001, in Nepal, a four year-old, Preeti Shakya, was chosen to be a ‘Living Goddess‘ (or the “Royal Kumari” of Kathmandu), to be worshipped and adored by millions of Hindus and Buddhists. Well, that is until she hit puberty, at which point she would lose goddess status and come back down to [...]

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