By BINAJ GURUBACHARYAKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant Hindu festival. Kumaris are chosen from the Shakya clans of the Newar community, indigenous to the Kathmandu valley, and revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in the predominantly Hindu nation. The girls are selected between the ages of 2 and 4 and are required to have unblemished skin, hair, eyes and teeth. During the Indra Jatra festival earlier this month, the former Kumari was wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees. Family, friends and devotees paraded the new Kumari through the streets of Kathmandu before entering the temple palace which will be her home for several years.