Kathmandu, Nepal. 04th Sep, 2017. Young girls impersonate as a Kumari or living Goddess playing mobile phones during celebration of Kumari puja at Basantapur Durbar Square, Katmandu, Nepal on Monday, September 04, 2017. Altogether 108 young girls under the age of nine gathered for the Kumari puja, a tradition of worshiping, which believes doing puja save small girls from diseases and bad luck in future. Credit: Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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