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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is seen inside her palanquin as she is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 30, 2025. The ceremonial farewell features traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the conclusion of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she remains an important figure in centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her successor, Aryatara Shakya, 2 1/2 years old, is formally enthroned at Kumari Ghar on the auspicious day of Asthami.

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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is seen inside her palanquin as she is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 30, 2025. The ceremonial farewell features traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the conclusion of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she remains an important figure in centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her successor, Aryatara Shakya, 2 1/2 years old, is formally enthroned at Kumari Ghar on the auspicious day of Asthami.

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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 29, 2025, after serving as the Royal Kumari. Her ceremonial farewell includes traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the end of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists. Her successor, 2 1/2 -year-old Aryatara Shakya, is formally enthroned as the new Royal Kumari at Kumari Ghar during the Asthami festival.

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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is seen inside her palanquin as she is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 29, 2025. The ceremonial farewell features traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the conclusion of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she remains an important figure in centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her successor, Aryatara Shakya, 2 1/2 years old, is formally enthroned at Kumari Ghar on the auspicious day of Asthami.

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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is seen inside her palanquin as she is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 29, 2025. The ceremonial farewell features traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the conclusion of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she remains an important figure in centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her successor, Aryatara Shakya, 2 1/2 years old, is formally enthroned at Kumari Ghar on the auspicious day of Asthami.

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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is seen inside her palanquin as she is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 29, 2025. The ceremonial farewell features traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the conclusion of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she remains an important figure in centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her successor, Aryatara Shakya, 2 1/2 years old, is formally enthroned at Kumari Ghar on the auspicious day of Asthami.

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30 September 2025

Former Royal Living Goddess Trishna Shakya is seen inside her palanquin as she is carried from the historic Kumari Ghar to her family home in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 29, 2025. The ceremonial farewell features traditional music, rituals, and processions marking the conclusion of her tenure upon reaching puberty. Revered as the living incarnation of Goddess Taleju, she remains an important figure in centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her successor, Aryatara Shakya, 2 1/2 years old, is formally enthroned at Kumari Ghar on the auspicious day of Asthami.

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29 September 2025

A senior woman walks with a shopping trolley and a walking stick in a residential area in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 29, 2025.

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29 September 2025

A senior woman walks with a shopping trolley and a walking stick in a residential area in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 29, 2025.

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28 September 2025

Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs, Tito Karnavian, with Indonesian Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Head of the National Nutrition Agency, Dadan Hindayana, give a speech during a press conference regarding a meeting to address the mass poisoning of students due to free nutritious food provided by the government at the Ministry of Health office in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 28, 2025. In the press conference, Zulkifli Hasan emphasizes that the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG), as the provider of the free nutritious food menu suspected of causing mass poisoning, will be temporarily closed for evaluation and investigation, and the government requires all SPPGs to have a certificate of Hygiene and Sanitation.

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27 September 2025

A senior couple sits on a bench by the shore of Lake Ammersee in Herrsching, Bavaria, Germany, on September 27, 2025.

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27 September 2025

A senior woman sits alone on wooden benches by the lakeside, looking out over Lake Ammersee in Herrsching, Bavaria, Germany, on September 27, 2025.

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27 September 2025

A senior woman sits alone on wooden benches by the lakeside, looking out over Lake Ammersee in Herrsching, Bavaria, Germany, on September 27, 2025.

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22 September 2025

A senior woman in a red jacket carries a blue shopping basket while walking along a shopping street in Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on September 11, 2025.

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22 September 2025

A senior woman in a lime-green coat pushes a red walker with a shopping bag attached near the station entrance in Neuss, Germany, on September 11, 2025.

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27 July 2025

A senior woman with a walker stands near a pier at Lake Starnberg as dark clouds gather, indicating an approaching storm in Starnberg, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on July 27, 2025.

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