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Headline: Young girls take part in Kumari Puja in Kathmandu

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Young girls dressed as Kumaris take part in a collective Kumari Puja outside the Taleju Bhawani Temple at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hundreds of pre-pubescent girls are worshipped as manifestations of the Kumari, or living goddess, during the traditional ceremony marking the eight-day festival.

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