A masked dancer locally known as "Pulukisi" performs during a chariot procession for the Kumari, a child revered in Nepal as a living goddess, during the main day of the Indra Jatra Festival at Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu Durbar Square (Basantapur Durbar Kshetra) in Kathmandu. The annual festival, named after Indra, the god of rain and heaven, is celebrated by worshipping, rejoicing, singing, dancing, and feasting in Kathmandu Valley to mark the end of the monsoon season. Indra, the living goddess Kumari and other deities are worshipped during the festival.

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