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50 Rupees - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Kumari Jatra
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Frontal view of the Kumari Ghar (palace of the Living Goddess) in Kathmandu, rendered in detailed low relief showing the traditional Newar multi-tiered pagoda architecture with ornate carved wooden facades, balconies, and tiered roofline. A beaded inner border encircles the central device. The Devanagari legend arcs along the upper field reading 'Shri Kumari Jatra 250 Barsha' (250th anniversary of the Kumari Jatra festival), with Vikram Samvat and Nepal Sambat dates '2064' and '1127' inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | श्री कुमारी जात्रा २५० बर्ष वि. स. ने. स. २०६४ ११२७ |
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Kumari Jatra is the central event of Indra Jatra, Kathmandu's eight-day festival honoring the god Indra, during which the Living Goddess — a prepubescent girl selected through rigorous ritual examination — is paraded through the old city in a wooden chariot. Gyanendra's decision to associate the crown with this issue carried pointed political weight: by 2007 he had already been stripped of executive power following the 2006 jana andolan uprising, and the monarchy was abolished entirely the following year. This coin was among the last Nepalese issues to bear his name.