Gadget-loving Nepali goddess, recently sacked, now reinstated

A 10-year-old Nepali child who is revered as a living goddess in the Kumari tradition was fired from her sacred gig a few weeks ago for having traveled to the United States. During her US tour, she snapped lots of digital photos and shot lots much hi-def digital video, no doubt for her goddessblog.

Today, there's news that religious authorities in Nepal will reinstate her as a living incarnation of holiness, after she goes through a series of cleansing rituals. Link (thanks michael)

Previously on BoingBoing:

Nepali "Living Goddess" is rather into gadgets

Gadget-loving Nepali "living goddess" fired for traveling to US

Reader comment: andy carvin says,

More about the return of the Bhaktapur Kumari: Negotiations with Nepali religious authorities to restore her status had been going on for over a week, according to Marc Hawker, co-producer of the documentary Living Goddess. Since Marc and his colleagues had brought Sajani to the US for the premiere of their documentary, they felt compelled to assist her when religious authorities said they would remove her. When I spoke with Marc last weekend, film director Ishbel Whitaker had already been in Nepal for a week trying to work out the details, while Sajani awaited the results in India. Marc said he was flying out to join them for her return to Nepal, at which point she would fly back "as a bona fida goddess." They didn't want news of the deal to leak out until she returned home, in order for her family to avoid a media circus. Link.