Nine past living Goddess Kumaris were looking at sun during a Hindu ritual, Puja, in Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan 28. /VCG photo

In Nepal, especially the Kathmandu, Kumari girls needs to pass through a tradition of marrying with the God of Sun before puberty by staying inside a room without any sunshine for 12 days and then coming out to meet with him in a function symbolizing a celestial ceremony marriage. /VCG Photo

The main target of a Kumari Puja is to explore and recognize the potential power and divinity inside every human being, mostly female. /VCG photo

A Kumari is regarded as an incarnation of taleju, which represents purity and devine. Her first menstruation signifies the time when god vacates her body. /VCG photo