living goddess
This Photographer Captures the Fragile Lives of Former ‘Goddesses’ in Nepal
Maria Contreras Coll went behind the scenes of one of the most criticised religious traditions in the world, to tell a story of the enduring power of young girls in Nepal.
Life of A Kumari Goddess: The Young Girls Whose Feet Never Touch The Ground
Broadly heads to Nepal to witness the centuries-old tradition of worshipping a living goddess manifested in the body of a young girl, to see how life is for the sacred children spending their lives in a temples—and what happens when they grow.
Life of a Kumari Goddess: The Young Girls Whose Feet Never Touch Ground
Broadly heads to Nepal to witness the centuries-old tradition of worshipping Kumari, a living goddess manifested in the body of a young girl, to see how life is for the sacred children spending their lives in a temple—and what happens when they grow.
Meeting Nepal's Living Goddesses
Rooted in both Buddhist and Hindu tradition, a select few prepubescent girls in Nepal’s Kathmandu region are chosen to become “living goddesses,” or Kumaris, until being replaced before their first menstruation. Critics argue that the tradition robs...
