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Welcome to the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Today I'm telling you the story of how one woman went from girl to goddess to financial analyst. It's December 2010, and 15-year-old Chenira-Bajracharya has just completed her first day in school.

Why was she so late to education? has just completed her first day in school.

Why was she so late to education?

Well, she had spent the last 10 years being worshipped as a living deity.

The feeling was weird because as a goddess, you know, I was allowed to talk to only a restrictive group of people,

my teachers, my relatives and close friends only and the parents, but apart from that and like back in college you have so many

teachers so many students it was not that comfortable for me to joining in into their

conversation.

10 years before Chenera first set foot in school, she was chosen to be a Komari, a child goddess in Nepal,

worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists.

Chenera was the Komi of Patan, meaning she was the second most

important goddess in the whole country. In my personal experience I could feel the difference

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