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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.
Sold is a novel by Patricia McCormick, published in 2006.It tells the story of a girl from Nepal named Lakshmi, who is sold into sexual slavery in India.The novel is written in a series of short, vignette-style chapters, from the point of view of the main character.
Aishvarya is the grandson of former Indian Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh, a royal from the state of Churhat Thikana. [11] The wedding took place at the Scindia Villa, New Delhi. [12] In 2017, it was reported that Rana had become an active member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N). [13] Rana has one son.
Tulasa Thapa (Nepali: तुलसा थापा, 1970–1995) was a Nepali girl who was kidnapped from her home village of Thankot near Kathmandu in 1982 at the age of 13, [1] smuggled into Mumbai via the border town of Birganj in Parsa District, and sold into prostitution.
Manisha Koirala (pronounced [mʌˈnisa ˈkoirala]; born 16 August 1970) is a Nepalese actress who works in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi and Tamil.Born to the politically prominent Koirala family, [2] she is the daughter of Prakash Koirala and the granddaughter of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (former Prime Minister of Nepal), and a recipient of several accolades, including three Filmfare ...
A Nepali woman with a tilaka on her forehead. In Hinduism, the tilaka (Sanskrit: तिलक), colloquially known as a tika, is a mark worn usually on the forehead, at the point of the ajna chakra (third eye or spiritual eye) and sometimes other parts of the body such as the neck, hand, chest, or the arm. [1]
Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, Himani was born as Princess Himani Singh of Sikar.She is the second daughter of Shri Rao Raja Bikram Singh, [2] the 12th King of Sikar and head of the family of Raoji clan and Rani Bipula Singh (née Kumari Bipula Singh of Bajhang) [citation needed] Hence, she hails from the royal family of Sikar in Rajasthan from her paternal side and from the royal family of Bajhang ...
Lakshmi, a young girl, lives in a mountain side village in rural Nepal with her mother and disabled, unemployed father. She wishes to work and save enough money to buy a tin roof for the house, while her mother encourages her to finish her schooling.