JHAPA, Nov 21: Farmers engaged with commercial farming of marigold flowers in the district have been worried after they did not get an adequate market for their product.

TANAHUN, Nov 13: For the first time, Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality in Tanahun district exported marigold flowers to Doha of Qatar.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Farmers are seen picking marigold flowers for decoration during the Tihar festival at Ichangu, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Farmers of Chitwan have exported marigold and globe amaranth flowers to Hong Kong for Tihar, the great festival of Nepalis. Three brothers of Padampur, Kalika Municipality-2, sent 1,300 garlands and two quintals of flowers to Hong Kong on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Farmers are seen picking marigold flowers for decoration during the Tihar festival at Ichangu, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Local farmers of Pokhari Danda at Ramkot of Nagarjun Municipality were seen busy picking Marigold on Thursday.

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DULEGAUDA, TANAHU, Oct 25: Festival of lights, Tihar or Deepawali is around the corner. It is also the festival of brothers and sisters. Sisters offer Saptarangi (seven-colored) Tika on their brothers’ forehead.

Flowers and fruits of Tihar

November 6, 2018 00:30 am

Tihar is at the doorstep. It is the second biggest Nepali festival after Dashain. Crow is worshipped on Kaag Tihar, the first of the five-day-long festival. Dogs get special treatment on the second day, called Kukur Tihar. On the third day (Gai Tihar), people show their appreciation to cow by garlanding and feeding them. In the evening, Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, is worshiped by lighting oil lamps (Diyo).

Dazzling Marigold (Photo feature)

October 18, 2017 16:54 pm

As Tihar begins, we can see gardens full of marigolds. Flowers that have been planted three months ago are now ready to pluck.

Marigold flower blooms for Tihar

October 17, 2017 02:30 am

POKHARA, Oct 17: Draupadi Acharya from Pumdibhumdi was at Seasonal Manakamana Nursery based in Birauta to buy marigold flower on Sunday. She has come to the nursery to buy marigold. She was having problem growing marigold at her own home.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 31: Majority of the Marigold used during Tihar festival here are imported from neighboring India.

LALITPUR, Oct 24: Nepal is set to import around 200,000 units of marigold garlands worth around Rs 5 million for the Tihar festival after domestic production failed to meet the market demand.