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Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists

Aryatara Shakya was chosen as the new Kumari – or virgin goddess – replacing the incumbent who is considered by tradition to become a mere mortal upon reaching puberty
The girls are selected between the ages of 2 and 4 and are required to have unblemished skin, hair, eyes and teeth

By AP · 30 September 2025

Three killed, over a dozen hospitalized as crowd surges at eastern India Hindu festival

By AP · 29 June 2025

Pakistan’s top religious body approves construction of new Hindu temple in capital

By Arab News Pakistan · 28 October 2020

Pakistan condemns acquittal of India ruling party leaders over Babri Mosque demolition

By Arab News Pakistan · 30 September 2020

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Visas for the dead: ashes of Pakistani Hindus can’t get to the Ganges

By ZAIN ALI · 14 September 2019

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Centuries-old statues discovered at ancient Hindu temple in Karachi

By Naimat Khan · 03 September 2019

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Pakistan court places two Hindu girls in protection after ‘forced conversion’

By Naimat Khan · 26 March 2019

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Pakistan calls for reset in South Asia as dialogue with India hits 11-year freeze

Pakistan says India blocking aid flight to Sri Lanka after cyclone kills over 400

Pakistan condemns Indian minister’s ‘revisionist’ remarks about Sindh province

Islamabad extends airspace ban on Indian aircraft until Dec. 24 as tensions persist

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Pakistan’s Mithi, an oasis of Muslim-Hindu tolerance

By AFP · 09 October 2018

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