Gundu Farmers Busy Harvesting Marigold Flowers for Tihar Festival

Bhaktapur. With Tihar approaching, there is a rush to pick marigold flowers and string garlands in Gundu, Bhaktapur. Farmers are busy in their fields from early morning to prepare marigold garlands that will adorn the necks of brothers during Tihar. Gundu is also one of the major production areas for marigold flowers consumed in the Kathmandu Valley.

Farmers go to the fields to pick flowers as soon as the sun rises. Flowers picked in the morning are used for stringing garlands in the afternoon. Farmers say they pick flowers early in the morning as it is not suitable to pick them when the sun gets hot.