By james art From TRN OnlineKathmandu, October 31: Kathmandu Valley is decorated with colorful garlands of Globosa Amaranthus (makhamali) garlands and marigold, thanks to the Festival of Lights, Tihar.
Flower decoration can be seen in every nook and corner, aimed at Lakshmi Puja, which is celebrated today.
Flower garlands and flowers were brought to the valley due to their high consumption and demand.
Garlands are used to worship Goddess Lakshmi, decorate houses and place brothers in Bhai tikka popularly known as Tihar.
Farmers have started selling flower garlands produced in different areas at the main market in the valley.
Farmers have started selling flower garlands produced in different areas at the main market in the valley.
According to Min Bahadur Tamang, former president of FAN, flowers produced in three areas of Valley and surrounding areas have started to enter the market.
Due to the ban on import of flowers produced in India, domestic flowers have a reasonable selling price.
He said the price of garlands this year is almost the same as last year. In the market, the price of marigold garlands is around Rs 100 to 150 rupees and Makhamali garlands is around Rs 50 to 60 rupees.
He said around 4 million marigolds and 475,000 Makhamali are estimated and the rest of the Godawari garlands will be consumed this Tihar.
Marigold flowers are grown commercially in different areas of all seven provinces. Marigold flowers are mainly produced in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Dading, Kavre, Makwanpur, Ramechhap, Jhapa, Ilam, Dankuta, Sunsari, Morang, Dhanusha, Sarlahi, Saptari, Siraha, Rupandehi, Kaski, Syangja, Banke, Palpa , Tanahu, Dang, Kailali, etc.
He said that Sayapatri is consumed the most during Tihar. Although the demand for Sayaptri has increased by 10-15 percent, local production is meeting the demand.
Since the government has banned the import of flowers since last year, no flowers have been imported, Gurung said, “Only domestically produced flowers have been released into the market as smuggled flowers are controlled.”
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