The young Kumari, Trishna Shakya, is carried in a palanquin outside the Kumari’s residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, as Arya Tara Shakya is formally installed as the new Living Goddess. Trishna Shakya steps down from her sacred role, making way for the two-and-a-half-year-old successor following centuries-old Newar tradition. The change marks a rare transition in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage, with Trishna ceremonially retiring upon reaching the age of maturity.
Nepal’s new Living Goddess, two-year-old Arya Tara Shakya, is carried by her mother to the Kumari residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She succeeds Trishna Shakya, who stepped down from her sacred role upon reaching maturity. Following centuries-old Newar tradition, the transition marks a rare change in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage as the divine child deity is ceremonially replaced.
Nepal’s new Living Goddess, two-year-old Arya Tara Shakya, is carried by her mother to the Kumari residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She succeeds Trishna Shakya, who stepped down from her sacred role upon reaching maturity. Following centuries-old Newar tradition, the transition marks a rare change in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage as the divine child deity is ceremonially replaced.
Nepal’s new Living Goddess, two-year-old Arya Tara Shakya, is carried by her mother to the Kumari residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She succeeds Trishna Shakya, who stepped down from her sacred role upon reaching maturity. Following centuries-old Newar tradition, the transition marks a rare change in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage as the divine child deity is ceremonially replaced.
The young Kumari, Trishna Shakya, is carried in a palanquin outside the Kumari’s residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, as Arya Tara Shakya is formally installed as the new Living Goddess. Trishna Shakya steps down from her sacred role, making way for the two-and-a-half-year-old successor following centuries-old Newar tradition. The change marks a rare transition in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage, with Trishna ceremonially retiring upon reaching the age of maturity.
Nepal’s new Living Goddess, two-year-old Arya Tara Shakya, is carried by her mother to the Kumari residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She succeeds Trishna Shakya, who stepped down from her sacred role upon reaching maturity. Following centuries-old Newar tradition, the transition marks a rare change in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage as the divine child deity is ceremonially replaced.
Nepal’s new Living Goddess, two-year-old Arya Tara Shakya, is carried by her mother to the Kumari residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. She succeeds Trishna Shakya, who stepped down from her sacred role upon reaching maturity. Following centuries-old Newar tradition, the transition marks a rare change in Kathmandu’s Kumari lineage as the divine child deity is ceremonially replaced.
