Nepal’s living goddess, is taken in a wooden chariot during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 15 September 2016. Selected as toddlers, living goddesses known as Kumaris are worshipped and keep their positions until they reach puberty. Indra is considered the Hindu god of rain and the festival marks the end of the rainy season. Photo by Niranjan Shrestha.
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