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[edit] Selection process

Followong this paragraph:

"Once the priests have chosen a candidate, she must undergo yet more rigorous tests to ensure that she indeed possesses the qualities necessary to be the living vessel of Durga. Her greatest test comes during the Hindu festival of Dashain. On the kalratri, or 'black night', 108 buffaloes and goats are sacrificed to the god Kali. The young candidate is taken into the Taleju temple and released into the courtyard, where the severed heads of the animals are illuminated by candlelight and masked men are dancing about. If the candidate truly possesses the qualities of Taleju, she shows no fear during this experience. If she does not, another candidate is brought in to attempt the same thing."

there was formerly this statement:

"This is actually a series of commonly-repeated, false statements. If you read the ex-Royal Kumari's autobiography, called "From Goddess to Mortal" (2005), you'll see that a) this has nothing to do with the selection process at all, but is a ritual the Royal Kumari goes through each year b) there aren't men dancing around in masks trying to scare here and c) there aren't 108 heads... at most a dozen or so. She also discusses in the book how the physical examination (discussed in the preceeding paragraph) is not very intimate or rigorous."

This is contradictory, the contributor should have either placed the comment here or amended the text to make it consistent.82.170.18.218 15:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

There is obvious disagreement in this section, so I'm labeling it as disputed until someone can sort it out. I'm also editing the second half of the paragraph starting with "Once the priests have chosen a candidate..." to conform to encyclopedic style guidelines, and splitting the dispute into a separate paragraph. - C4Diesel, 15:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teeth

In addition to this, her hair and eyes should be very black, she should have dainty hands and feet, small and well-recessed sexual organs and a set of forty teeth.

Forty teeth is double what most young girls have. I doubt any kid could have 40 teeth. Can someone confirm this is the correct number? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.6.78.69 (talk) 23:21, 12 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Copied?

Much of the text, especially about Kumari selection and life after being the Kumari, looks copied from http://kumari.puellula.com/Main.html this site. Can anyone verify which came first? Shouriki 04:25, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kumari of Bhaktapur looses status?

As reported by the AP, the Kumari of Bhaktapur (the one shown in the picture of this page) was stripped of her status as a Kumari because she traveled outside of Nepal, which she was supposedly no allowed to do. Could anyone else confirm this, and if so, then I think it should be noted in the article. The AP article can be found here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEPAL_LIVING_GODDESS?SITE=ORBAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Di 69.27.229.11 16:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


There is also an article from Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_re_as/nepal_living_goddess

It states that Sajani Shakya did have "her status revoked because she broke with tradition by leaving the country"


    • In BBC News today, it was reported that, because she is willing to be "cleansed" she will retain her status as Kumari.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6907007.stm

[edit] Far too PC

This page is way to politically correct, the kumari are tools to reinforce the monarchy. Looks like this is about to be a thing of the past what with the revolution and all. --Calibas 02:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

And you care why?

Well, let's see. First, I want to improve Wikipedia. Secondly, I fully support to revolution in Nepal, which is against the king and the Kumari. I could list plenty of other reasons too but I'm not going to. Does your flippant remark have a point? --Calibas 00:03, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The List

The list of Kumari is, presumably, of those who were Royal Kumari (since the last name on it matches the name referenced in the opening paragraph as the present Royal Kumari). It needs a heading to make that clear, since there are, as noted, several different Kumari. Irish Melkite 05:44, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kumari Fulbright

I've been searching regarding Kumari Fulbright.

Should this encyclopædia attest to deity, or even diet? I cannot divine why wiki would endorse "...is a living goddess in,..."

Oh, kum, on.

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[edit] image of the Kumari

If you wish to see an optimum, but copyrighted image of the Kumar please have a look at:

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo835956.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.92.197.59 (talk) 12:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] which god

here it says they are beleved to be a reincarnation of teleju but i thought it was kali i don't really have a sorce but i saw some news on one of theese she did something and they said she was a reincarnation of kali which is it i can't find it anywere else on the internet--Charlieh7337 (talk) 20:32, 3 March 2008 (UTC)