Nepal&#x27;s living goddess Mateena Shakya aka Kumari, 7, is carried on her way to attend the horse race festival Ghode Jatra held at Tundhikhel in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Ghode Jatra festival is organized by the Nepali army and celebrated to drive demons away. Kumari, who appears in public only thirteen times in a year, is worshipped by both, the Hindus and Buddhists as living goddess. It is also believed that she is the protector from evil and a sign of good luck.