RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2008 Shreeya Bajracharya adjusts her 'third eye' while posing for the photographer as the newly appointed Goddess Kumari at Bhaktapur in Kathmandu September 29, 2008. Nepal's new Maoist-led government has appointed the 6-year-old girl as a 'living goddess' in a town near Kathmandu, for the first time snapping the link between the ancient ritual and the ousted monarchy.
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