09/99. Town of Patan.
Chandrashila BRAJRACHARYA (8 years old), current Kumari of Patan during ceremony at the temple where women bringing to her offertories.

In Nepal, the cult of "Kumari" imposes veneration of a female child, symbol of innocence and purity. Chosen at the age of 4, she lives isolated with her guards. When she reaches puberty she has to leave her position for a new, younger "Kumari" and return, brutally to the world of ordinary adolescents. The new goddess is cheered by the crowd during the yearly Indra Jatra festival.