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Thimi revives living Kumari tradition after six decades

Local initiatives and cultural conservationists have brought back the practice of receiving tika from a living Kumari in Madhyapur Thimi.

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  1. 0:01Madhyapur Thimi in Bhaktapur has brought
  2. 0:04back a cherished cultural practice after
  3. 0:07more than sixty years.
  4. 0:09The tradition of receiving tika from
  5. 0:11a living Kumari was halted decades
  6. 0:14ago due to financial constraints.
  7. 0:16Local conservationists and community members worked
  8. 0:19together to bring the historical custom
  9. 0:22back. The father of the newly
  10. 0:24appointed Kumari carried the deity to
  11. 0:26her residence to mark the occasion.
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