Kumari, or Kumari Devi, or Living Durga – Nepal, is the custom of loving youthful juvenile young ladies as signs of the heavenly female energy or devi in Asian religious practices. The word Kumari is gotten from the Sanskrit language "Kumari", signifying "Youthful Prepubescent Girl".

In Nepal, a Kumari is a juvenile young lady chose from the Shakya caste of the Nepalese Newari Buddhist people group. The Kumari is worshipped and adored by a portion of the country's Hindus as well. While there are a few Kumaris all through Nepal, for certain urban areas having a few, the most popular is the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu, and she lives in the Kumari Ghar, a royal residence in the focal point of the city. The determination interaction for her is particularly thorough. Starting at 2017, the Royal Kumari is Trishna Shakya, matured three, introduced in September 2017 by the Maoist government that supplanted the government. Unika Bajracharya, chose in April 2014 as the Kumari of Patan, is the second most significant living goddess.

In Kathmandu Valley, this is an especially pervasive practice. It is accepted to be the manifestation of Taleju, a sign of the goddess Durga. When her first feminine cycle starts, it is accepted that the divinity empties her body. Genuine ailment or a significant loss of blood from a physical issue likewise causes loss of divinity. 



The Kumari custom is just continued in a couple of urban communities in Nepal, which are Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Sankhu and Bungamati. The determination cycle and jobs of the Kumari change between the various towns.

It is believed that King Jaya Prakash Malla affected by liquor, while playing a game with the meeting Goddess Taleju as a human, begun yearning for her. This annoyed the goddess and she requested the ruler to commit to a promise that he would choose a virgin young lady inside whom she would consistently live. The practice has been proceeded right up 'til today.



The youthful up-and-comers from the Shakya caste among the Newars, numerous as youthful as four years of age, should go through a very severe and nerve racking choice cycle before one of them is picked to address the Goddess. She should keep quiet and give no indications of dread in any event, when put through startling tests. When picked, she needs to live inside the Kumari Ghar (Kumari's House), her feet should never contact the ground and will leave her home just during specific celebrations. She will stay a Living Goddess until any type of draining happens, which is normally when she arrives at pubescence.