Kumari

Kumari (Sanskrit for "young girl" or "unmarried"), Kumari Devi, or the Living Goddess, is a unique Hindu and Buddhist practice, primarily observed in Nepal and parts of adjacent India, which centers on the worship of a prepubescent girl as a living goddess and a manifestation of the divine feminine energy, Shakti. A key concept in Hinduism's Shaktism tradition venerates the feminine aspect of the genderless formless Absolute God Brahma. Indian religions worship the monotheistic god's multi-morphic avatar manifestation of genderless formless god as human forms. This includes worshipping women as goddesses in various forms such as: worship of daughters as Kumari, wife as Lakshmi, women as skilled Saraswati, and women as empowered Durga who (as Kali) exterminates evil. A Kumari is considered...