I don't think the King broke any laws when he visited Kumari. That had been his family tradition for years. And after all, monarchy has not been abolished .. yet. So, traditionally, King should still be allowed to be blessed by the living goddess. As for the monarchy vs republic, I think Nepal is still not ready for republic. As we have seen already, bahutantra = bahu-kings .. everyone, spearheaded by the mighty GPK, wants to be king. in my humble opinion, we should still retain monarchy, PROVIDED we have the scandinavian model of monarchy and NOT the British model. Scandinavian monarchs, specially the Norwegian royal family live as virtual commoners, and their children attend public schools. They wear ordinary clothes and they live as a "normal" family. And on top of that, the Royal family should not be immune to any laws of the country. If that happens, and the Nepalese royal family abide by it, the monarchy will regain popularity. (The approval rating for monarchy in Norway is around 70%).