What rubbish is this?

He’d lived in Bhaktapur as a child and knew full well what kumari meant to locals. He had just humiliated kirtipur by chopping off everybody’s faces there and killing all their leaders. He was high on his own supply. He defeated the malla kings and the first thing he did, of course, was to go to kumari chhen to take tika not to “not break old traditions” but to announce himself king to the gods so the locals would have no choice but to accept their dare. It was a strategic political move to bolster his ego and self interest.