Showing posts with label Goddess Kumari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goddess Kumari. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Legend Of Goddess Kumari
Tags : Goddess Kumari
The Tradition of worshiping God
and Goddesses has been existing from the early Human civilization. Throughout
the world, People have been worshiping both Divine Mortal God and Divine
Spiritual God. Similarly, even today, in some part of the world, People have
been worshiping Living god. As such practice comes from Nepal and India where
there exist tradition of worshiping young pre-pubescent girls called “Kumari”.
The word Kumari derives from Sanskrit word meaning “ Virgin “ which only
includes unmarried young girls in Nepal and India. Kumari is name given to
young Virgin Girl who is considered to be the God where Hindu Mythological
Goddess Durga resides.
A young Nepalese girl dressed as a Kumari - or living goddess - looks on during a mass worship on Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu |
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