Patan Durbar Square

The square boasts of many famous sites and unique architecture. Krishna Mandir in the Patan Durbar Square was built to honor an incarnation of Vishnu. Krishna fought by the side of the Pandavs in the Mahabharat war to assure that truth would prevail. He was a favorite among the gopini cow girls. His temple is the best example of stone architecture in Nepal. Scenes from the Mahabharat, Asia's greatest mythological war, are carved on the temple's walls.

Kumbeshwor

This is a five-storey pagoda-style temple of Lord Shiva. Inside the courtyard is a natural spring whose source, it is said is the famous glacial lake of Gosainkunda. This temple was built by King Jayasthiti malla while the golden finial was added later, in 1422 A.D. He also cleaned the pond near Kumbheshwar and installed various images of Narayan, Ganesh, Sitala, Basuki, Gauri, Kritimukh and Agamadevata around the pound and in the courtyard. Ritual bathing takes place here every year on the day of Janai Poornima.

Jagat Naryan

The Jagat Narayan temple is a tall shikhara-style temple consecrated to Lord Vishnu. The temple is built of red bricks on the bank of the bagmati at Sankhmul and enshrines many stone images. The fine metal statue of Garuda placed on stone images. The fine metal statue of Garuda placed on a stone monolith is quite eye-catching and is accompanied by similarly placed images of Ganesh.

Krishna Temple

The temple of Lord Krishna holds a commanding position in Patan's Place complex. Though its style is not wholly native, it is one of the most perfect specimens of Nepalese templecraft. The three-storey stone temple continues to elicit high praise from lovers of art and beauty. It was built by King Siddhi Narasingha Malla in the sixteenth century A.D. Important scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics have been carved in bas-relief. The minute details of this work clearly show the high level that the art of stone carving attained in the sixteenth century.

Mahabouddha

The temple of Lord Krishna holds a commanding position in Patan's Place complex. Though its style is not wholly native, it is one of the most perfect specimens of Nepalese templecraft. The three-storey stone temple continues to elicit high praise from lovers of art and beauty. It was built by King Siddhi Narasingha Malla in the sixteenth century A.D. Important scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics have been carved in bas-relief. The minute details of this work clearly show the high level that the art of stone carving attained in the sixteenth century.

Asokan Stupas

Popularly believed, though not proven without doubt to have been built by Ashoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India, these stupas stand at four different corners of Patan, giving the whole city a monastic character. All these Buddhist mounds were built in 250 A.D. at the time when Buddhism was making headway in the Kathmandu Valley.

Machhendranath

TempleThe temple of Red Machhendranath is another center of attraction in Patan. The temple lies in the middle of a wide of a wide, spacious quadrangle just at the outer rim of the market place. A fine clay image of Red Machhendranath Avalokiteshwar is housed here for six months every year, after which it is taken round the city of Patan in a colorful chariot during the festival beginning in April-May and lasting sometimes for several months.

The Tibetan Camp

TempleThe temple of Red Machhendranath is another center of attraction in Patan. The temple lies in the middle of a wide of a wide, spacious quadrangle just at the outer rim of the market place. A fine clay image of Red Machhendranath Avalokiteshwar is housed here for six months every year, after which it is taken round the city of Patan in a colorful chariot during the festival beginning in April-May and lasting sometimes for several months.

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