Nepal's former living goddess is now a software engineer!!!

Rashmila Shakya is a software engineer by profession, but her mornings begin with her family members worshipping her - a reminder that she was once the Kumari, or living goddess of Nepal.

Once, the designation of being a former Kumari meant that a woman was single and did not attend school, but as Shakya shows, those old traditions are changing.
The reigns of the Kumaris, who are revered as the incarnations of the Hindu goddess Taleju, are short. They are usually chosen at 4 after a rigorous religious process and live in confinement in Kathmandu's Palace of the Goddess until they reach puberty when they are replaced. More...

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