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	Kumari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the Kumari is Buddhist, she is revered and worshipped by the country's Buddhists and Hindus alike.
		The selection process for her is especially rigorous, and she lives in the Kumari Ghar, a palace in the center of the city.
		A Kumari is believed to be the bodily incarnation of the goddess Taleju until she menstruates, after which it is believed that the goddess vacates her body.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kumari (2094 words)

	Kumari -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kumari, or Kumari (Mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects) Devi is a living (One who follows the teachings of Buddha) Buddhist goddess in (A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China) Nepal.
		Although the Kumari is Buddhist, she is revered and worshipped by the country's Buddhists and (A person who adheres to Hinduism) Hindus alike.
		A Kumari is believed to be the bodily incarnation of the goddess Taleju until she (Click link for more info and facts about menstruates) menstruates, after which it is believed that the goddess vacates her body.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ku/kumari.htm (2397 words)

	Living Goddess of Nepal
		Kumari is a Nepalese word meaning ‘virgin goddess.’ From the time immemorial, the practice of worshipping an ordinary, pre-pubescent girl as a source of supreme power has been an integral part of both Hinduism and Buddhism.
		Wearing her Kumari topknot, a tika, and a red mark on her forehead to represent the third eye, red vestments, red painted toes, and elaborate jewelry, the ceremony reaches its climax when the girl takes her seat on the lion throne of the goddess.
		The Goddess Kumari is regarded as so powerful that her annual blessing on the festival of Indra Jatra to the King, the royal family, and the officials is considered essential to the successful reign of the sovereigns.
	www.albertson.edu /Trace/stories/living_goddess_of_nepal.htm (3568 words)

	UCL: Department of Epidemiology & Public Health: Staff pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kumari is a member of the Whitehall II team and since 2002, a member of the Health and Social Surveys Research Group working on the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
		Dr. Kumari has worked in a number of areas of endocrinology including examining hormonal changes in the oestrous cycle, the effects of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and decidual function in normal pregnancies and those complicated by intrauterine growth restriction.
		Currently Dr. Kumari is investigating the effects of stress on ageing and the development of cardiovascular disease and is involved in the examination of biological mechanisms that may mediate the inverse social gradient in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /epidemiology/staff/kumari.html (336 words)

	Kumari -- Nepal's `Living Goddess' -- ThingsAsian Article
		With the onset of puberty, her body had ceased to house the spirit of Taleju (an incarnation of Goddess Durga) and she was being returned to her family, from where she had been picked up at the tender age of 4.
		The superstition that a Kumari's husband dies early has taken firm root in the Nepalese mindset, and few men are likely to ask for her hand.
		The walls of the Kumari palace are replaced by a vast emotional wasteland and there are no doors this time, which will release them after they have served their time.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.1910.html (1951 words)

	Connect - Worshipping the Living Goddess
		Kumari is chosen from a large number of contestants at the age of four.
		Kumari should be a girl who is not scared by all those dreadful sights and sounds.
		Kumari is allowed to stay as a living Goddess until she has her first menstrual cycle.
	www.sawf.org /newedit/edit11132000/index.asp (1310 words)

	KUMARI
		During this festival the Kumari is taken through the city on a temple chariot for three days and she blesses the King of Nepal.
		The Kumari is worshiped as an incarnation of Taleju Bhawani or of Durga.
		She is traced from Kumari to Taleju Bhawani, to Durga, to Parvati, to shakti, to Shiva, to the heart of Hinduism.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Cyprus/7833 (1549 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Jun 1997
		Looking like a Moghul miniature, the present Kumari, a little girl no more than five, her eyes flened with kohl, the soot from a sacred butter lamp, dressed in regal red, is carried to the window and solemnly peers down on the gaping crowd without uttering a word.
		Hence, while Nepalese Hindus believe the Royal Kumari to be a living embodiment of Taleju, local Vajrayana Buddhists regard her as their chief female deity Vajradevi--a union of religious identities that subsequently assumes enormous significance in a country marked by sharp ethnic divisions.
		The royal Kumari candidates, who are generally 3 to 4 years of age, are screened by a special committee comprised of Newar and Hindu priests, the royal astrologer and the king's religious adviser (raj guru).
	www.hinduism-today.com /archives/1997/6/1997-6-13.shtml (2751 words)

	What is Durga Puja? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A girl aged between one to sixteen, symbolising the Kumari form of Devi is worshipped in front of the idol of Goddess Durga.
		The Kumari form of the Goddess was emphasised as the most dynamic form by the devotees since yester years as Kumari Shakti is the basis of all creations.
		In the dawn of Ashtami or Nabami, the Kumari is bathed in Ganga water and is clad in a red benarasi saari.
	www.prabasione.org /Kumari_puja.htm (949 words)

	Country Feature :: Link International - The Voice of the Martyrs
		One of the “goddesses” honored by Hindus (and Buddhists) in Nepal is the Kumari.
		The Kumari is an ordinary girl who is chosen to be treated like a goddess for a few short years.
		After a new Kumari is chosen, she is dressed in fine clothes and jewels.
	www.persecution.com /link/index.cfm?ID=11 (920 words)

	RBC RADIO - Century - Meena Kumari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meena Kumari lived through an era that brought forward the advancement of the Indian cinema from the Golden era to modern times in a magical career that would become the envy of today's film artists.
		By 1968 Meena Kumari was 35 years old and alcohol abuse had caught up with her.
		Meena Kumari died from cirrhosis of the liver.
	www.rbcradio.com /meenakumari.html (1135 words)

	Seasons India :: Bollywood & Hollywood :: Classic Luminaries :: Meena Kumari (Tragedy Queen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meena kumari had sensed that she had very little time and therefore she wanted to complete the film Pakeezah (1972) which was jointly planned by Meena and husband Amrohi in 1958.
		Pakeezah finally released in February 1972 and opened to just a lukewarm response but after Meena Kumari’s death on 31st March 1972, the film went on to become a huge success at the box-office and has since then acquired legendary status and is regarded as her best known film.
		Meena Kumari was also a talented poetess and a collection of her poems titled Tanha Chand, under the pseudonym Naaz was compiled by Gulzar and published after her death.
	www.seasonsindia.com /cinemascope/meenakumari_sea.htm (486 words)

	Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas - Natya Kala Academy
		Gurubhakti-Ratna Kumari Somashekhari receiving the Mahila Shiromani Award from the hands of the honourable Speaker of Lok Sabha, Shri Shivraj Patil.
		Her aim is to revive the ancient temple-style and propagate dance as Sadhana, as a way to God-experience – a mission to which she is dedicating her entire life.
		Kumari Somashekhari has performed before distinguished gatherings in India and abroad and has been applauded by art lovers and critics for her authentic depiction of moods, for her grace and flawless presentations of various dance forms.
	www.omkarananda-ashram.org /natya_kala_academy.htm (616 words)

	The Meena Kumari Story
		Perhaps we can classify roughly half her movies as sad and that is what gave her more fame and recognition and she slowly and steadily changed into the famous "tragedy queen".
		The magic of Meena Kumari has been such that today every star wants to become Meena Kumari in her performances though she has been unique in her own style.
		Probably the synonym tragedy queen is not fully justified on her but one would rather say that she was excellent at tragedy roles and she was good at many many many roles.
	www.angelfire.com /film/meenakumari/films.html (604 words)

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		Meena Kumari was highly respected due to her qualities of integrity, her agreeability and her sweetness.
		It is very difficult to separate the real life of Meena Kumari from the reel life as films have been very close and apparently followed her since she started to just speak properly.
		Meena Kumari's performance was not dependent upon the co star of the film but she would rather be the central character.
	www.angelfire.com /film/meenakumari/personality.html (2449 words)

	Banned Weightlifter Points Finger at Coach
		Indian weightlifter Tratima Kumari Na, whose disqualification from the Olympics after returning a positive drugs test was confirmed by the International Olympic Committee yesterday, has blamed her coach for her predicament.
		Kumari said that her coach, Pal Singh Sandhu, ordered injections for her during a pre-Olympic training camp in Belarus, and that he oversaw everything she ate and drank.
		News of Kumari's disqualification was greeted with headlines such as "Shame" from India's media, although The Hindustan Times queried why the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) laboratory cleared Kumari in a drugs test in the first week of August, only days before she failed the Olympics check.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/8-20-2004-58151.asp (656 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Olympic Games : Pratima Kumari suspended on doping charges
		This was announced in a release by the IWF, which also stated that four other lifters Wafa Ammouri of Morocco, Viktor Chislean of Moldova, Zoltan Kecskes of Hungary and Sule Sahbaz of Turkey were to be suspended under the IWF anti-doping policy.
		The Indian team management had said that the 28-year-old Pratima Kumari had withdrawn because of injury, when the media probed the subject on Wednesday evening, following the withdrawal by Karnam Malleswari after she had just about touched the iron-bar for her first lift and signed off in a hurry.
		Like Malleswari, Pratima Kumari was also scheduled to compete in the 63 kg category, but did not figure in the competition list because the suspension had already been slapped on her, and not because she was injured, as claimed by the Indian team.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/08/20/stories/2004082003641800.htm (462 words)

	Kumari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The goddess Kumari has been worshipped in Nepal since possibly the 6th century A.D. In the 14th century, Hari Singh Deva fled from his north-Indian kingdom to Bhaktapur, bringing with him the practice of worshipping his dynasty’s protectress, Taleju Bhawani.
		As soon as a reigning Kumari gives evidence through one of the disqualifying signs that she is mortal and that the spirit of the goddess is thus deserting her, the Kumari informs a senior priest.
		The ceremony reaches its climax when the girl, who is now wearing her Kumari top-knot, a red tika mark on her forehead to represent the third eye, red vestments, red painted toes, and elaborate jewelery, takes her seat on the lion throne.
	www.catmando.com /casinosnepal/july/kumari.htm (1717 words)

	Research Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The pathologists are never certain where their investigations will lead—as was the case with the probe into the unexplained death of Kumari, an Asiatic elephant calf born at the National Zoo in 1993.
		Kumari was taken from the Elephant House to the Necropsy Building.
		An infection caused by the herpes virus had damaged Kumari’s endothelia cells lining the interior of the thin-walled capillaries of the heart, liver and tongue.
	www.si.edu /opa/insideresearch/9892/nzp.htm (1245 words)

	Kumari Vest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The goddess Kumari, the earthly manifestation of Vajravarahi, is also identified as Vasundhara, the goddess of abundance and the exoteric “face” of Vajravarahi.
		During the annual festival of Vasundhara, Kumari wears yellow clothing associated with the goddess, often with a vest such as this one example of a festival garment.
		Their representation of the vest implies that the wearer, Kumari, also manifests in microcosmic form the sacred landscape of the Valley and hence, serves as the state-protector of the country.
	kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu /exhib/circleofbliss/ChakraVestE01.html (146 words)

	RAOnline Nepal - Patan's Kumari
		She may not be as famous as the Kumari in Kathmandu, but she has an important role to play during festivals in Patan.
		A few days earlier, the present Kumari of Patan, Chandrashila Bajracharya aged nine and a half years old, had her period and was no longer eligible to be a living goddess as she had shed blood.
		A new Kumari had to be urgently selected as important rituals were necessary for the worship of Machhendranath in Patan.
	mypage.bluewindow.ch /raonline/pages/np/visin/np_patankum.html (512 words)

	Online Exhibition :: Sujeewa Kumari
		The first thing that needs to be said about Sujeewa Kumari's work is that words will not mediate ably between artist and viewer.
		However, it must be quickly pointed out that this wordlessness is a subversive effect, and not' an a priori provocation, of a practice that creates fleeting, disturbing stillness.
		Kumari pictures difference as self moving within and without (and through) the specificity's of ethnic, gender, and class givens of her country of origin, Sri Lanka.
	www.artsrilanka.org /online/sujeewakumari (492 words)

	Kumari's Play Page
		Kumari is pedigreed female Somali belonging to Julie Ziring.
		Kumari is a pedigreed cat registered with the Cat Fanciers of America (CFA).
		Kumari the Elephant was born on 14 December 1993, and died of an infection in April, 1995.
	www.users.interport.net /z/i/ziring/kumari.htm (447 words)

	Meena Kumari portrait - Bollywood501
		Kumari had stated that she wished to make a film that would immortalize her.
		In fact her life reads like a fictional tragic romance, and it is not ironic because Meena Kumari consciously orchestrated each chapter, down to it's final conclusion.
		Her life was lived with the intent of memorialization as her generations most romantic female figure, which is what she has become.
	www.bollywood501.com /classic_f/Meena_Kumari (295 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Little Goddess \| July/August/September, 2003
		Kumari puja is a popular but frequently misunderstood devotional ceremony performed and attended by Hindus of the Sakta sect.
		In Kumari puja, a maiden, who is not yet menstruating, is honored as the Divine Mother and worshiped through elaborate ritual.
		During a portion of the Hindu marriage ceremony called "Gauri-dan," the bride is imbibed with the purity of the Divine Mother as a blessing for the groom and the young couple's future family.
	www.hinduism-today.com /archives/2003/7-9/39_goddess.shtml (421 words)

	Nepali Times \| Issue 160 \| Nation \| Fee fight keeps tourists away from the Kumari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tourists eager to catch a glimpse of the Kumari have not been allowed near the living goddess this year because of a festering row between her caretakers and the municipality over how tourist fees should be shared.
		The Kumari’s famous window has now been shuttered for months, and the official attendants at Kumari Bahal don’t let tourists catch even a glimpse of her.
		Some even presented the Kumari tradition as cruelty towards young girls who are “locked up for years in a hidden palace”, losing “all the privileges of a normal childhood”.
	www.nepalnews.com /ntimes/issue160/nation.htm (1050 words)

	Kumari The Virgin Goddess
		Kumari Puja or virgin worship is an ancient feature of Asia religions dating back to at least the late Vedic period.
		In Nepal, The Living Goddess Kumari is regarded as a supreme Tantric goddess-a common deity worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists.
		Newars of Nepal devote a great deal of their devotion and ritual activity to the worship of the female divine force in her multifarious forms, but the most notable and unique feature of their religion is the worship of Kumari, the living virgin goddess.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDC940 (182 words)

	Nepali Times \| Issue 265 \| Review \| Rashmila demystifies Kumari myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From Goddess to Mortal is the story of a former Kumari, Rashmila Shakya, who was chosen to be the living goddess at the age of four and spent eight years away from her parents at Kumari Ghar living a life vastly different from that of a conventional young girl.
		Rashmila says she cannot claim the 32 signs of perfection that Kumaris are said to posses: “If unusually fair skin had really been one of the criteria, I wouldn’t have stood a chance,” she says.
		The situation was a little better for the Kumari who came after Rashmila because her father petitioned to the government to let her be given normal lessons while she was Kumari.
	www.nepalitimes.com /issue265/review.htm (1275 words)

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