True love can change your life.. It changed mine.. Miracles can happen when you open your heart to life.. What do i mean by that? Allow me to explain.. When you're open and honest about your feelings, when you express yourself genuinely,.., you 'change the world' because you...
The story is a story of goddess Manakamana. Manakamana meaning wishes fulfilling goddess. The goddess born in the form of a queen of Ram Shah, the king of Gorkha. Gorkha is a district of Nepal. Ram Shah was born in 1614. His queen was a goddess known to only...
You don't hear to much about the practice of Wicca in the media. Wicca is, no doubt, one the most misunderstood religions in the world. Wanting to learn more about the practice, I commissioned a Wiccan high...
created by notaboutreligion | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1645 views | 8 recommendations | 5 comments
" She will be worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the powerful Hindu deity Taleju. A panel of judges conducted a series of ancient ceremonies to select the goddess from several 2- to...
It looks very odd but very unique, in a sence that ,we are creation of god , god is in all of us, so pick one amongst us to be worshiped as god, who else can be better than girl child. " Authorities...
created by Amitjha | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 506 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
" Nepal's new Maoist-led government has appointed a 6-year-old girl as a "living goddess" in a town near Kathmandu, for the first time snapping the link between the ancient ritual and the ousted monarchy. For...
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It is a centuries-old tradition for Nepal to have a young girl serve as the Kumari, the virgin "living goddess", and the search for a candidate to replace the current Kumari has already begun. Religious...
created by Heiky | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1188 views | 9 recommendations | 14 comments
"A three-year old Indian girl worshipped as a goddess after she was born with four arms and four legs has taken her first steps in a baby-walker eight months after surgeons separated her from a conjoined headless...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 713 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Nepal's transition from monarchy to Republic has created problems for religious traditions.Nepalese tradition of living goddess is also under problem.
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The appointment of a new "living goddess" in...
created by Sanjay Jha | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 503 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Nepal's last Hindu King is on his way out and he made first public appearance after Maoists have won general elections in Nepal. Continuing an old practice, King sacrificed an animal to appease the Hindu...
created by Sanjay Jha | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 382 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
This is really just handing ammunition to those who call Britain a nanny state:"A 16th Century painting of Venus featuring the Roman goddess of love wearing little but a smile has been deemed too risque for the...
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"A 10-year-old girl who is worshipped as a living goddess in Nepal has been stripped of her title for defying tradition and visiting the US."Ok and really I thought getting laid off my job could be bad? I mean how devastating is it to be honoured for a period of life...
created by kaizadbhamgara | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 470 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
On May 2, I reported on the story of Ian Woodall's intentions to give final resting peace to Francys Arsentiev, a Colorado climber and mother who perished on Mount Everest in 1998 with her husband Sergei. A touching article came out today in The Rocky Mountain News detailing...
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Valentine's day has passed several stages in history and has reached a stage where, its roots are almost lost. But what are these various stages? How did we get to where we are today? Austin Cline tells us."
From Reason Magazine (h/t FR)"The United Nations has ventured into children’s publishing with a scary story about a small boy who loses a dogsled race because of global warming. In November the odd little picture book cum policy brief, Tore and the Town on Thin Ice, made...