Lumbini: Birthplace of Gautam Buddha Lumbini is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautam and one of the world’s most important spiritual sites. It is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Province No. 5 in Nepal. According to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mahamayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautam in 623 BC. Gautam, who achieved Enlightenment … View more
Why to Visit Nepal in 2020 After the success of Visit Nepal Year 1998 and Nepal Tourism Year 2011, the Tourism Board of Nepal introduced Visit Nepal 2020 Campaign. This Campaign was to be held in 2018 but was further postponed to 2020. The Government of Nepal and Tourism Board of Nepal reported that… View more
5 Places to Visit in Patan Lalitpur Metropolitan City, historically Patan, is the third largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara and it is located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley which is a new metropolitan city of Nepal. Lalitpur is also known as Manigal. Like its larger neighbor Kathmandu, Patan also boasts a… View more
Authentic Products of Nepal Product authentication is the process of verifying a product’s unique identity, its origin or parentage. In dictionary terms, it’s a process for determining whether a particular product is genuine or real when evaluated by a specific set of standards. Nepal which is diverse in culture and rich in history also has several authentic products that have been in… View more
Hills Around Kathmandu Valley A valley is a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. Similarly, Kathmandu is a valley that is surrounded with many hills all around. There are five main river streams flowing through Kathmandu. The Kathmandu valley is at the height… View more
Best Himalayan Treks in the World As we all know that Nepal is a Himalayan country. Here are 1310 mountains above 6000 meters above sea level. Also among the 14 mountains above 8000 meters all over the world, eight of them are in Nepal. It also includes the world’s highest peak Mount Everest (8848… View more
Following fashion is thing of past, let us be the trendsetters! Shopping for fun is old school and shopping with cause is what outsmarts you from the rest. Your each purchase from Mahaguthi directly helps the people involved in every step of supply chain. This is because 68% of the sales go back to the… View more
Fair Trade Guarantee System The WFTO Guarantee System (GS) is a revolutionary Fair Trade system that is credible, clear, and affordable. In 2011, the membership of the WFTO decided to develop a new type of Fair Trade system to meet the ever-growing demand for a more trustworthy Fair Trade recognition scheme in the international market…. View more
WFTO prescribes 10 Principles of Fair Trade that Fair Trade Organizations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out monitoring to ensure these principles are upheld: Principle One: Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers Poverty reduction through trade forms a key part of the organization’s aims. The organization supports marginalized small producers, whether these… View more
Mahaguthi celebrated world fair trade day with various programs. It organized quality improvement workshops for its in-house producers for a week starting from “Dust Off” programme, where all the producers participated in cleaning work place. It was followed by a training from external consultant on what is quality? who is responsible for quality improvement and… View more
