The Living Goddess of Nepal Kumari 

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Correction Kumari is allowed to walk anywhere in her house (except the ground floor) She is allowed to play devices including Mobile and TV And she is allowed to smile or laugh just not while giving her blessings Your efforts were nice

As a nepali I'm happy that other country people also know about our culture😊

having to walk on the dead bodies of animals and shutting a 3-5 year old baby girl in a dark room full of dead heads of the animals is truely traumatizing.

As an Assamese India also contains a festival called Kumari Puja in the 8th day of Durga Puja. A living girl from 3 -12 years can be the Kumari and give blessings to everyone

I'm from Kolkata and here in bengali culture , some people do kumari puja on the 8th day of durga puja where some girls who didn't get their periods are being worshipped in front of Ma Durga and get gifts ... ( This was started by Swami Vivekananda, who worshipped 9 girls at Belur Math for the first time in 1901) Through kumari puja, we worship nature and show respect towards woman because women are a form of nature... Kumaris are also being worshipped in Meenakshi temple, Madurai and Kanyakumari....

I'm Indian nepali n I visit Nepal mostly coz my granny is there n the way you've explained this specific tradition is really remarkable. I've heard about "The Kumari" tradition through my granny n also have read about it. It's fascinating as well as disappointing, the phase a girl child goes through after she is dethroned is mentally devastating. Really appreciate your work n can see the hard work done ❤️.

As a bengali, even i was being worshipped on the 8th day of Durga Puja every year till I got my periods.. it is known as the kumari puja. Here we're being worshipped, then they gave the goddess prasad and also gifts.. i never understood why i was being treated that way then, aaj pata chla.. it's so similar to this but thoda differences v h, like we were allowed to walk and talk on our own and har saal bs ekdin k liye ye sab hota tha. Btw, great work shrinkhal

Bro u did such a good job and explained it with such details

As a Nepali , I can say this video is commendable ❤️🔥 The research is well put . And no offense for pronunciation mistake . 💯 on 💯 for well - researched video and presentation ❤️🔥👏

You did a great job shrinkhal,me myself being a nepali had no idea of any of these stories,Nepal is so vast in terms of cast and cultures that we ourselves have a lot to discover but still you did good with all your resources,it felt like i was watching a mini documentary lol.

The first video i checked on your page and I love it.. now I am your subscriber

As a Nepali i happy that Indians know about my culture

I've watched videos related to Kumari before. But no one has covered it with that much of details like you. Well done 🙌

I respect the way you explain every single thing also I like how sensitivity you present this story without hurting anybody culture and people feeling ❤❤so much respect for you 😊😊😊

Thank you brother for making kne video on Nepal 🇳🇵 also lots of love from Nepal 🇳🇵❤😊

Hi Shrinkhal brother i am from Nepal and i'm truly impressed as how you described Nepal in the begining of the video and also described about this tradition in such a facinating way.Love from Nepal🤩☺

I'm a Newari and I thank you Shrinkhal Dai for posting a video on our Nepali culture and traditions I hope to see more of these and huge support from Nepal 🇳🇵I hope you'll be creating more of the videos on Nepali culture❤and yes I hope you stay happy and healthy 💖🙏 Namaste Dai 😊❤ Dai(Big Brother).

This kumari puja is also a tradition in our west bengal not only nepal.. aur i think yeh pure india me bhi hota hai kumari puja bohot log karte hain chhoti bacchiyon ki kumari puja.. mujhe yaad hai jab mein chhoti thi tab meri puri family up mein rehti thi and up mein mujhe bhi kumari puja ke liye chuna gaya tha.. and mere kaafi friends ko bhi bohot baar kumari puja ke liye chuna gaya tha.. so yeh "kumari puja" west bengal mein toh hoti hai aur India me bhi bohut se jagah par hoti.. i told it just because if you didn't knew it before... But the process are Not like how Nepal's kumari puja does 😢

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As a Nepali, I didn't even know about Kumari such detailly 😮❤thank you so much for letting a lot of people know about this culture and it's both positive and negative sides❤😊

Saw a documentary on discovery 15-20 years ago as a child. Fascinated by this. The details were amazing. Glad to know about the history behind this tradition. Lots of love ❤️

Thankyou so much SR for this kind information 😊

Bro Nepalese People's are Very Humble And Their Hearts Are So Clean And Soft Thay can Sacrifice In Any Thing's Just Like to Protect Your Country or Others County And I proudeOf My County And Be Proud To be Nepali ❤️🇳🇵

I really wanted you to cover this topic and now I happy that finally you cover this topic ❤

Kumari just does not mean virgin . In Nepal kumari has different meaning . In nepal those female who have not become adult are know as Kumari, Kumari also means Princess , Kumari also means virgin and lastly kumari is associated with taleju . ( like wise for male it kumar ). There are lot of misconceptions about our tradition and lack of knowledge. So let us 1st understand why we celebrate kumari jatra . Kumari jatra is celebrated to show respect to the female in the society , to show how female should be treated in the society and mainly to respect their consent . { Also people might complain why does kumari have to leave their position once they had their menstruation is becuz once they become adult they can make their own decisions and it means they can choose their own path . Something which ws restricted for female in the past all around the world . Kumari are replaced to show tht female can choose their own path and take/make their own decisions . Back in the days it portrayed female rights to choose } . Kumari jatra is such an old tradition that give female their right . Back in the day all round the world female did not have these rights . But our tradition and culture gave female these rights .Thus it is unique and very much important celebration. Now tht we know y we celebrate this jatra lets talk about other impo thingh that people don't understand . As Kumari also means Princess and kumari jatra is very old tradition as well as Kumari is associated with taleju . The selection process is also old fashion . Selection process goes like Kumari need to be fair ( it doesn't not mean they hav to be white being fair does not mean being white for those who think this way , it a westerner concept not our ) , kumari should not have a mole and kumari should not have a scratch in her body , kumari eyes should be sharp, kumari should be fearless. + in the kumari selection house only Females and female priest are allowed no men is allowed even if they are male priest . Only the father of the child is allowed . N'd During selection process father stays outside the room and the mother or any other female relatives help the child to undress to check the following conditions of being kumari . ( Side note : As i have already said before it a old tradition. This type of selection conditions was very common for the choosing the Princess all around the world . Like for eg china , korea , Japan , Thailand , Malaysia , Indonesia. ) Again The misconceptions of Not letting kumari read or write is not true . Back in the day people use to train those children to read and write ancient script that the kumari needs to know . Those script weren't normal script those scripts are more vast than the normal script so the kumari used to have more knowledge than the average person Back in the day it was through script people used to gain the knowledge ( like bharmins did ) N'd in the present day too kumari are given the required education they need . A home teacher is assigned to teach just kumari about the basic knowledge they need to cope up with the outer world. Again the misconceptions of kumari not being allowed to touch the ground or meet outsider or not allowed to be happy or smile is a misconceptions. Kumari can't touch the ground only during jatra or just when she is moved from one location to other. Kumari are allowed to touch the ground inside the kumari ghar , they are allowed to play and meet their friends and family . They are also allowed to smile . Its just that kumari can't smile during the ritual or the time of main jatra . As According to one of kimbadanti : When taleju came to the earth as a young adult who hav reached her adulthood . Men harassed her while harassing she shedded tears and when they did not stop she gave them a smile (smirk) in return without saying anything to which the men who harassed her became uncomfortable and felt a kind of unease so they stopped harassing her and when she left the place and the men realised something was off . So they followed her and finally she showed her real self and disappeared . After that the men realised their mistake and had to go through various misfortune in life leading to their dead . Thus it is said that if the kumari gives a smile to a person that means tht the godess taleju can see pass through the people past life , future and their sin . So if kumari smile at you it basically mean she can see your Sins that you may have done , mistake that you have made in past and the time you have left to live . But when she smile at u it also means she might put a curse on you even if the person is innocent person . Leading to something bad in life Therefore kumari can smile in the normal day but she should not smile during the ritual or jatra . ( she isn't forced tho it's her choice whether she smile or not . She he has smiled many time in the past or cried which had lead to misfortune to the entire nation like dead of the our monarchy leading to it becoming the last monarchy of Nepal many people died because of it , different year earthquake , floods etc . she is given an instruction not to smile during the jatra and the consequences of her smiling but again it her wish )

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I know you from the time you used to react on tiktok vidoes and finally nowadays you're getting the recognition you deserve. It makes my heart so happy❤

My parents are Indian but i was born in Nepal and still live here the Way u describe The History was 100% real love from Nepal

Lets just give round of clouses to shrinkal because of how he puts his efforts in searching the right info and giving the best output for us Hats off to you man 👏👏👏👏

Thank-you for this wholesome video 🤍 Loved it 🔥 #DeviShakhti 🙏🌸

The way you introduce nepal at first I felt Soo proud to be a nepali ❤❤😊😊

As a nepali and newari myself, I can not imagine having to be kumari. I deeply respect the kumari's from what they've gone through, I could never have cuz like even the thought of animals makes me shiver💀💀 my buddist newari close friend once said that she'd wish to be a kumari but ma'am don't know whats in for her👲👲

This was honestly a good video, educated people enough about the Kumari tradition in Nepal. I really thought u did your research on kumari but wikipedia se sara details nikala hai lol

Kumari puja is also takes place in India. Hi, I am from tripura, kailashahar and kumari puja is also takes place in our ramkrishna ashram. It was said that swami vivekananda first established that kumari puja which was held during our durga puja..

Namaste!! A lot of support from Nepal I would like to thank him so much for this video. Even tho I belong to Nepal I almost didn't know about some facts about Kumari. It was such a informative video. Note:- Tiktok is banned in Nepal too so we can't listen on Tiktok. There's 145+ language according to new data. I'm sorry but I literally laughed when he pronounced 'Malla' as माला instead of मल्ल. It's fine though.

One of the important thing about Kumari is that whenever she cry something bad happens like "durbar hatya kanda " and " earthquake of 2072".

After seeing a few reels about Nepal goddesses, I became curious. I didn't know much about the country or do as much research as you mentioned in this video; there are a lot of things that most people are unaware of. This video was really educational and answered a lot of my questions. It was a fully loaded video.

Love the way u present everything ❤

as a nepali i can say you very well put together all the info. everyone watching this can say a lot of time and research went into this and actually stated facts. well done, my fav shrikhand ;)

As a newar myself i am glad that our tradition is being recognized thank you again shrinkhal dai i love your videos❤❤

As being an Indian, you really express our culture in an unique way . Hat's off on you 😊 12:50

We have rituals of kumari puja in shakti puja in Bengal. It’s a very beautiful way to say one should respect women .

I am a Nepali and I have always been intrigued by the Kumari tradition. Although I am not from the Newari community, many of my relatives and friends belong to it, which is why I came across the Kumari culture. When I first heard about it, I decided to do some research and discovered everything that was mentioned in the video. It brought up mixed emotions for me, especially when I learned about the dark path and the way to select a Kumari. One thing that the video didn't mention is that people tend to avoid associating with a former Kumari once she's dethroned because it's believed that she brings bad luck to those around her. This culture and belief have been running for ages and may not be easily changed, but I hope that people can bring some changes to this tradition so that little girls can enjoy their childhood, live like normal children, and have a normal life ahead of them.

Its so good to see your content something about Nepal✨️

So beautiful documentary 💖💖💖💖 Thank you for sharing☺️🙏💠💫🤞

Heard first time thanks for information and even that last part was important for them🙏

The way he tells every little information rather than the actual content is just amazing he is the only person who covers every single point ❤️

I am glad that you made a video on this topic I am really attached to the culture of Nepal more than my own culture as an Indian I was born and raised here in Kathmandu and the culture of Nepal is on another level, I did know some of the stories related to the goddess kumari you really did an amazing job keep going

Its not even too dark, i was classmate with the former kumari of kathmandu and during her reign there ahe was provided education from our school and our teacher used to go kumari ghar ko teach her and sometimes our teacher used to take us to meet her so that we can socialize and be friend with her after her tenure is over😮‍💨

Nepal is like a brother to India and i very often visit Nepal. My father brings many items from nepal... I really like nepal and is a very amazing place to travel🌸💙

Taleju used to comes at night to play tripasa with the king.once king watch taleju with bad intention taleju got angry and never came back after that.The king asked to forgive him and requested so much after that taleju said she will come back in a girl who is virgin and pure Buddhist Newari girl called shakya caste this is the true story ❤

Introduction is just wow You portray nepal so beautifully❤️ Love from nepal🇳🇵🫶

Nice video and the way you depict Nepal through images amd video is awesome

Beautiful tradition but it feels so bad that the childhood of such young girls gets robbed for peoples beliefs

He has different ways of interpreting stories.. gives me chills 😅

Before going to the content of kumari , how he has beautifully portray our country Nepal , Nepalese tradition, Nepalese culture. Thank you for presenting our culture and our tradition so beautifully and letting people know about The Living goddess," KUMARI" 🇳🇵Means alot♥️ We really appreciate your hard work and dedication👏👏

You speak really well.. well done!

It's newari culture god kumari I'm glad ki aapne hamare culture aur Nepal k bare aur Kumari k bare mai videos banaya lots of love from Nepal 🇳🇵

Thankyou shrinkhal for bringing this topic . Lots of love from nepal ❤🇳🇵

Your videos and your voice makes me so refreshing ❤😊 and I have listened to your song also🦋 It makes me so relaxed 😌 your all songs are my favourite 💫💖

Jitna aapne bataya utna toh mujhe khud nepali hoke bhi nahi pata tha Thank you so much for making this video ❤❤ lots of love from nepal💗🇳🇵

Woow amazing 😮😮i wanna go to nepal in future💜

im from nepal aswell, and i live in kathmandu too, and no, you didnt make any pronunciation or lore mistakes, everything was spot on

can we just take out some moments just to appreciate how better Shrinkhal is getting day by day ? lots of love to you SR

Well explained thanks love from Nepal

I have read a webtoon based in this concept a few years ago and it shocked me and you explained this so well.

Just Thankyouu for covering this topic. Highly appreciated as a Nepali although you missed some important points. Btw Tiktok just got ban in Nepal as well.

They have every facilities in their Kumari Ghar. They can study,play around their room when they aren't called for Puja or to sit on the throne❤

…illustrates the story of Kumari!!!! Well versed!

love your honesty.

To all people living in Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵 LOVE from INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳 Our brothers and sisters ❤❤

A big thank you here you have covered it so well and have compared the other side. ppl don't let Kumari walk because Dharti is a Mata and meeting up with the two gods can create a problem or destruction and your reason is right also. Whatever LOVE YOU...!!!!

Jo Kanya itni parikshyaae bina dare pass kar legi , vo to Devi hi hui 🙏

Proud to be nepali and newari ❤❤❤ Lots of love for Nepal 🇳🇵 BTW excellent effort and video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Addicted With Ur story Telling ❤🖤

Well explained❤️ No any wrong thing thank you for the exploring our country Nepal♥️

I became kumari one time and i got my peroid in 15 years i still remeber that night that thunder stirks

😮Bro deserves a tv show

Hi shrinkhal ! From where do you get these informations? Actually I am always interested in these stories and I also wanna research in these kinds of stories, so can u pls tell me from where do you find this from. Pleaseeeee

One of the rare channel containing only positive comments ❤🎉 Congratulations and very well done brother Love you from the audience of SR Pay channel ❤️

Yr background music the first clip of nepal thought was awesome well done 👏👍

I am watching your video from Nepal🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

Kathmandu is known as Open Museum and City of Temple ❤ Proud to be Nepali 🥰

I know it's connected to religious sentiments but this Kumari tradition is extremely injustice with those girls. Because when she grows up and starts getting her periods she has to live a very bad life , she can't marry so she has to live her entire life in a temple begging for her basic needs 😢

Tysm for this informative vdo ❤

As a nepali and also I'm a newari girl but i dont know this much about kumari thanks for this vdo and lost of love from nepal ❤🇳🇵

This video was so informative like I didn't even knew something like this, and your story telling is also so catchy and interesting. GREAT WORK!!! KEEP IT UP 💯

I am impressed that you know the Nepali culture I am also an Nepali and after seeing this video and I am really scared from kumari thanks for making this video for this information ❤️🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

Thats is true !!! 👍 U play a best content !!

Yes thank you for making a video on our living goddess kumari and even if you don't know about Nepalese you made our country more people proud about our old king pirthiv Narayan shah😊😊😊😊

When the royal massacre happened in nepal in 2058 bs where the king's family was murdered the existing Kumari cried continuously from 3 days up to the day of massacre and then she stopped and said "my duty to cry has been finished now" with a smile on her face This is told by the former Kumari herself there's no evident reason as why she cried, maybe it's a sign from the goddess

Bro really appreciate your hardwork with accurate facts and information I'm nepali i even don't know this much story and information need more video like this love from Nepal ❤

I am also from Nepal I thought that now one our culture. When I see your vedio I feel that some one was alive who talk about our culture ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

One suggestion for you, when you research about Nepal and Nepal related things, it will be easier for you to pronounce the names correctly if u search for them in devnagari (देवनागरी).. because we use the same script.. you would have been able to pronounce the words like तलेजु, मल्ल, दशैं etc correctly if you had searched for the names in Nepali language... not for everything ofcourse, we speak different languages but when u are not sure about certain pronunciations

Thank you for saying Boudha was born in Nepal ❤ And so much luv for covering nepali history and culture ❤❤ Loads of love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

As a nepali i am happy that other country people search about our culture ❤️

04:45 I am very surprised to see my Lama Mask Dance video clips here. Thankyou.

Shrinkhal bhai, you're too awesome in explaining the story... While listening to your story, I felt like I was present right over that place, which is mentioned your story .. You literally made my day...🔥🔥👏👏