Home decoration and garden stores Nepal

This eccentric store is located in Satungal, along the road leading west to Chandragiri. It's well worth the detour, as it's dedicated to fair trade and offers a vast choice. You'll find traditional objects made of wood, bronze or other materials by local craftsmen. Larger than Lazimpat, which belongs to the same group, Mahaguthi gives you an overview of the wide range of products on offer. Don't hesitate to ask the store manager for explanations, or even to visit the workshops. A beautiful place.

A handicraft shop a little hidden at the end of Lake Side but which gives a good idea of what the local handicrafts are: mainly bags and other textile products, a few wooden objects and a simple welcome. Behind the shop where the bags are displayed is the workshop where they are made: feel free to ask to visit and talk about what the work and this outlet brings to local life, especially that of the women.

The shops selling singing bowls are numerous in Thamel but this one seduced us for its particularly well finished objects. The singing bowls are related to the pre-Buddhist animist shamanist Bön culture of the Himalayas, hence their name "Tibetan bowls". The sounds emitted by these bowls would indeed have relaxing properties supposed to destroy negative thoughts and would make it possible to put our chakras back in the right alignment. We'll let you try...

Originally from the Mithila region of Bihar State, the women of Mithila traditionally decorate the walls of their houses with motifs at weddings and other ceremonies. Mithila painting as a contemporary art form was born in the early 1960s, following the terrible famine in Bihar. For those who would not be lucky enough to travel to the Terai to enjoy mithila art, the shop displays a wide range of traditionally painted objects. The paintings, naive and colorful, are affixed on all kinds of objects: mirrors, boxes..