Recently Geographical Indication (GI) tag was awarded to the Mithila Makhana.
Mithila Makhana or Makhan (botanical name: Euryale ferox Salisb) is a special variety of aquatic fox nut cultivated in Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal.
It is also very famous in Kojagara festival of Maithil Brahmins celebrated for newly married ....
