A young Newar with no faults, considered Living Goddess, is chosen as the Kumari Nepal (a living goddess). The Church is a goddess without faults. The original residents of the Kathmandu valley are Newars, and they have the most complex religious festivities. With profound veneration, the Living Goddess is worshiped and even the Shah Kings have followed her practice of being blessed by Tikah. It was established by King Malla in the 17th century. Legend has this that, while playing a game with Goddess Taleju in human form, the King Jaya Prakash Malla has begun to lust over her under alcohol. The goddess was angered, and the King gave her a promise to choose a virgin girl with whom she always lived. To this day, the tradition has remained. King Prithvi Narayan Shah had dropped the Malla Dynasty, but the conquerors kept the custom of revering the Goddess Kumari Nepal. Based on the tika that symbolizes the empowered monarch, the Sheh King would go up to Kumari before 2008. The young Shakya hopefuls, as many as four years old, need to undergo an incredibly severe selection process before they can represent Goddess. Before one of them is picked. Even when...