goddess stripped of her status

A 10-year-old Nepalese girl was stripped of her title as a living goddess because she traveled overseas to promote a documentary about the centuries-old tradition, a news report said Tuesday.Sajani Shakya had her status revoked because she broke with tradition by leaving the country, the state-run National News Agency reported, quoting Narendra Prasad Joshi, chief of the Bhaktapur Taleju Temple where Sajani is based.
Sajani is among several "Kumaris," or living goddesses, in Nepal, but as one of the kingdom's top three, is forbidden from leaving the country.
However, last month she left Nepal for the United States and other countries to promote a British documentary about the living goddesses of the Katmandu Valley.
Temple officials will replace Sajani when she returns to Nepal later this week, the report cited Joshi as saying.