A two-year-old girl has been chosen as the new living goddess of Nepal. She was carried by her family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace on Tuesday, coinciding with the ...

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People write their names on the wall of the temple of Goddess of Knowledge Saraswati in celebration of Basanta Panchami or Shree Panchami festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 23, 2026. The festival is ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country's ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and ...

In the heart of Kathmandu’s old city, amid the chaos of ringing temple bells, swirling incense, and prayer flags fluttering in the breeze, lives a little girl who is no ordinary child. She is the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Trishna Shakya, 8, looks imposing in her finery as she is carried high in the arms of a helper from the temple palace. As she rides a chariot bedecked in garlands of brilliant ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Trishna Shakya, 11, looks imposing in her finery as she is carried high in the arms of a helper from the temple palace. As she rides a chariot bedecked in garlands of brilliant ...