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  2. Kumari (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    Kumari (goddess) Kumari, Kumari Devi, or the Living Goddess is the tradition of worshipping a chosen virgin as manifestations of the divine female energy or Shakti in Dharmic Nepali religious traditions. It is believed that the girl is possessed by the goddess Taleju or Durga. The word Kumari is derived from Sanskrit meaning princess.

  3. Art of Living Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Headquarters. 21st Km, Udaypura, Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru. Website. www.artofliving.org. The Art of Living Foundation is a volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization (NGO). [1] It was founded in 1981 by Ravi Shankar. [2] The Art of Living Foundation has centers in 180 countries.

  4. Festival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a ...

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    Nepal’s monthslong festival season began on Tuesday with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl revered as a living goddess. Men and boys in colorful masks and ...

  5. Tharu people - Wikipedia

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    In the western region of Nepal, they celebrate Ashtimki on the day of Krishna Janmashtami. On this day, people of Tharu communities draw a special artwork known as Ashtimki Chitra made on the wall of the living room of the house of the village elder. The art in painting is thought to be related to the creation of the universe. [47]

  6. Pashupatinath Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Pashupatinath Temple (Nepali: पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, a form of Shiva. It is located in Kathmandu, Nepal near the Bagmati River. The temple was classified as a World Heritage Site in 1979. This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams ...

  7. Culture of Kathmandu - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of Nepal. Kathmandu is home to a number of museums and art galleries, including the National Museum of Nepal and the Natural History Museum of Nepal. Nepals's art and architecture is a dazzling display from medieval to the present, which is a heady amalgamation of two of the ancient and greatest religions of the world – Hinduism and Buddhism.

  8. Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country.

  9. Thakuri dynasty - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Thakuri dynasty (Nepali: ठकुरी राजवंश; c. 600 – c. 1200) was a Hindu dynasty that mostly ruled the present-day region of Nuwakot, near central Nepal. [2] The Thakuri dynasty's existence is disputed by some historians. [3] Available inscriptions and copperplates indicate that Classical Newari was the state language ...