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Patan is a shopping paradise, all the streets around Durbar Square are full of souvenirs and antiques shops. I´m not shure about the prices but i found the area are less crowded than kathmandu, and with souvenirs of better quality.
Written Jan 6, 2010
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Most of the visitors just come to visit Durbar Square, but Patan is a very interesting city, with lot of Hinduist and Buddhist temples to discover, take any of the steets from Durbar and try to find the more than 600 stupas and bahals around the city.
Written Jan 6, 2010
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There are three small Vishnu temples in the square. The most interesting of all are this Shikara-style temple ( kept in bad conditions), with it´s lions guarding the entrance and the Vishnu statues in the walls.
Written Jan 6, 2010
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This two storey temple dedicated to Narayan is located a few meters back of the square. Built in 1565 is the oldest temple in the Patan. It has four stone lions guarding the entrance, and is specially famous for it´s erotic figures carved in the roof struts (Well, i couldn´t find anyone).
Updated Jan 5, 2010
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This is the second tallest temple in the square . A three storey temple dedicated to god Hari Shankar (the half Vishnu) and built in 1704 by a princess daughter of King Yoganarendra Malla. It has an arcade beautifully decorated with wood carvings depicting the tortures of the damned.
Updated Jan 5, 2010
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This big and beautiful decorated temple was built in 1627, it consist of an arcade with wood carvings and is specially attractive because of the guardians of it, two massive stone constructed elephants guarding the entrance, at the back of the building there´s a small statue of a bull (Shiva´s vehicle).
Written Jan 5, 2010
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After paying the entrance fee in the southern gate of the square, there are three statues; One of Hanuman the mighty monkey deity, covered as usual with a orange silk cloak, and also a Narsinga and Ganesh statues.
Updated Jan 4, 2010
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This beautiful Shikara-style stone temple was built in 1637 by Siddhi Narashima Malla, and is located in the middle of Durbar Square. It consist in a central tower encircled by three arcades with shrine like pavilions. There are some beautiful reliefs carved in their walls with scenes of the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics. A statue of man bird Garuda is facing the Mandir. In my opinion it´s the one of most impressive constructions of the square.
Written Jan 4, 2010
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This chowk is a beautiful courtyard, containing intricate woodcarvings in columns and walls with some small statues of deities in it, the place is famous for the Tusha Hill a sunken water tank beautifully carved, unfortunately i couldn´t see the tank because actually is under restoration under the Unesco. Outside the building there are statues of Hanuman, Narsinga and Ganesh
Updated Dec 29, 2009
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This chowk is the oldest of the three chowks that forms part of the Royal Palace and was built by Srinivasa Malla in 1666 to house the Taleju Shrine. There are two stone lions guarding the entrance, around the chowk there are three Taleju temples. The shrine is located south and is topped by a tower with triple pagoda roofs decorated with hanging bells.
Written Dec 29, 2009
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