Word: nepal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Indian Astrologer Acharya Keshav Dev predicts that Feb. 3 will be the beginning of an East-West nuclear test competition that should lead to war by 1970. The astrologers of Nepal foresee more immediate consequences. Mani Prasad Ti-wari predicts political changes in China, possibly a revolt in Nepal, natural disasters in Russia, and "civil disturbances" somewhere southwest of Washington, D.C. Nepalese Field Marshal Kaiser Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, an amateur astrologer, expects at least an earthquake near by, and foresees another disturbing possibility: "I would not be surprised if this heralds the coming of a new age in which...
...talk of doom, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has twice said publicly that the conjunction of planets will not affect him. "Don't be panicky about these predictions," he said. "We are the makers of our own destiny." But the man in the street of Nepal and India is not so sure. Business on the New Delhi stock exchange has slowed down, as big investors who buy and sell according to the advice of their astrologers have been told to play it safe for a few weeks. The people of Katmandu have built straw huts on the city...
...Nepal...
...young for good reason. Hindu and Buddhist tradition decree that Nepal's living goddess Kumari (meaning virgin) may never shed blood in herself or another; obviously, she must be replaced by another young girl when she reaches puberty. Black-eyed, pony-tailed little Laksmi, daughter of a goldsmith, was chosen from a field of six final contestants by a committee of priests who had scrutinized the girls' horoscopes and their bodies, for the goddess must be free of blemishes, birthmarks, scars or scratches. The goddess must also be brave; the final test was to shut the children...
...During Nepal's eight-day festival of Indra-jatra, the Kumari works hard at the goddess trade-receiving the homage of King Mahendra, being toted through the city in a gilt-covered copper carriage drawn by 25 men, giving her worshipers tika (a dot of white powder on their foreheads), getting used to sitting quietly on her throne...