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KATHMANDU: The present Kumari and her predecessors were ferried to the palace of former King Gyanendra Shah, in Maharajgunj Tuesday afternoon.
Shah honoured the nine Kumaris and received blessings from them after failing to make it to the Kumari Ghar, the living abode of the present Kumari, in Basantapur due to security reasons. His son, former Crown Prince Paras Shah, was also present in the occassion.
The former monarch was forced to cancel his purported visit to Basantapur to take part in rituals of the Indrajatra festival after the home administration requested him not to attend any function in Basantapur, where a pro-Hindu organisation was set to felicitate him, citing "security sensitiveness".
Meanwhile, scores of Hindu activists gathered outside the Nirmal Niwas, Shah's palace, and chanted slogans hailing the former king in the late afternoon.
The police had beefed up the security in the Basantapur region in the morning speculating tension between the former king's supporters and the UCPN-Maoist cadres.
The Maoists had objected to the display of flex boards that portrayed Shah as the 'ruling monarch' in the Basantapur area. However, no scuffle was reported.
The Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy in 2008. However, Shah is still regarded as the king in religious and cultuaral quarters by some.
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