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Nepal's King Gyanendra Makes Animal Sacrifices to Hindu Goddess Kali

Nepal's King Gyanendra, facing imminent ouster from the throne, made perhaps his last royal public appearance at a shrine outside Kathmandu on Monday and offered annual prayers to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. The 60-year-old king was accompanied by Queen Komal to the temple of Dakshinkali perched by the side of a stream in a jungle-clad ravine 25 km (15 miles) south of Kathmandu. Gyanendra, facing the abolition of the 239-year-old monarchy after the Maoists emerged as the biggest party... Full Story
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