Candle Light Walk

The candle light walk is known as Mattya: in local word. festival of Mattay, celebrated in patan every year on August,this festival celebrate a unique Nepalese festuval, only held in Patan walk through the above 1,300 stupas of the Lalitpur city.  it admire the dark and narrow streets, magically lit by candle light.

Mattya festival celebrate for soul peace of death people. every relative of death people compulsory go mattya and worship mandirs and stupas for their soul peace and get good place in heaven.

pepole used to go mattya to learn about and encounter various gods and godesses and to get experience of long walking. the attractive part of mattya is lakhe:. people wear funny mask and dress and act while they are being lakhe:
 

Jal Binayak

The name Jal Binayak comes from Nepali jal, ‘water’, and Binayak is another name for Lord Ganesh. He is the god of good luck,In kathmandu valley 4 main Binayak is popular those are: ashok binayak, surya binayak, karya binayak and jal binayak.
Jal binayak in patan is located between in pulchowk and na: tole patan, just beside of lalitpur sub-metropolitan building.but the main jal binayak is located in chovar lalitpur, Jal Vinayak temple is a popular destination for performing various ceremonies at auspicious times such as and marriages, rice fading and another newari ceremonys .The image of Ganesh found at Jal Vinayak is very different from the usual images of Ganesh found in numerous other Ganesh temples around the city. The image of jal binayak is only a head of ganesh, which is large golden elephant head. ganesh also known as human body with elephant head.jal binayak is very popular among the people of patan mostly in newar community, because when local newar get married it is ritual that new bride and groom most visit jal binayak the another day of marrige. it is compulsory ritual. they celebrate this ceremony with dhame:(newari instrument) , flute and another newari musical instrument.

Min Nath Mandir

 Just opposite site of Rato machhindranath mandir the minnath tample is located. a two-storey Minanath Temple dedicated to the Buddhist Bodhisattva who is considered to be the little brother of Rato Machhendranath. local people used to call minnath as daughter of machhindranath also.The Minanath image is towed around town during the Rato Machhendranath festival, but in a much smaller chariot Hindus are used to worship regularly at morning here.

The quiet temple dates from the Licchavi period, but has undergone several recent restorations and has roof struts carved with figures of multi-armed goddesses, all brightly painted. The temple looks very attractive and beautiful.There's a large well-used hiti  in front. left side of mandir there is saraswati mandir godness of education, and buina ganesh mandir, it is also famous temple.

Kumbeshwar Mandir

Kumbeshwor temple is the oldest temple in Patan. The temple is noted for its graceful proportions and fine woodcarvings and is dedicated to Shiva, as indicated by the large Nandi, or bull, facing the temple. The temple platform has two ponds whose water is said to come straight from the holy lake at Gosainkund. An annual ritual bath in the Kumbeshwar Temple's tank is claimed to be as meritorious as making the arduous walk to Gosainkund.
Thousands of pilgrims visit the Kumbeshwar Temple during the Janai Purnima festival in July or August to worship the silver-and-gold lingam that is set up in the tank. It's a colourful occasion: bathers immerse themselves in the tank while members of the Brahmin and Chhetri castes replace the sacred thread they wear looped over their left shoulder. jhakris beating drums and wearing colourful headdresses and skirts dance around the temple to complete the dramatic scene.
On the southeastern edge of the courtyard, behind a black lacquered grill, is an important Bhairab Temple, with a life-size wooden image of the god. Next door is the more active single-storey Baglamukhi (Parvati) Temple. On the western side of the Kumbeshwar Temple courtyard is the large Konti Hiti, a popular gathering place for local women.

Rato Machhindranath Mandir

The Rato Machhendranath Temple is located in South of Durbar Sq, on the western side of the road, Rato Machhendranath, the god of rain and plenty. To Buddhists he is the Tantric edition of Avalokiteshvara, while to Hindus he is a version of Shiva.
The image in the Rato Machhendranath Temple may just look like a crudely carved piece of red-painted wood, but each year during the Rato Machhendranath Festival celebrations it's paraded around the town on a temple chariot during the valley's most spectacular festival. Machhendranath is considered to have great powers over rain and, since the monsoon is approaching at this time, this festival is an essential plea for good rain.
As in Kathmandu, the Rato Machhendranath festival consists of a day-by-day chariot procession through the streets of the old town, but here it takes a full month to move the chariot from the Phulchowki area - where the image is installed in the chariot - to Jawlakhel, where the chariot is dismantled.
The main chariot is accompanied for most of its journey by a smaller chariot, which contains the image of Rato Machhendranath's companion, which normally resides in the nearby Minanath Temple.
The highlight of the festival is the Bhoto Jatra, or showing of the sacred vest. Machhendranath was entrusted with the jewelled vest after there was a dispute over its ownership. The vest is displayed three times in order to give the owner the chance to claim it - although this does not actually happen. The king of Nepal attends this ceremony, which is also a national holiday.
From Jawlakhel, Rato Machhendranath does not return to his Patan temple, but rather is conveyed on a khat (palanquin)to his second home in the village of Bungamati where he spends the next six months of the year. The main chariot is so large and the route is so long that the Nepali army is often called in to help transport it.

Zoo

Zoo is located in the southwestern part of Patan by the Jawalakhel roundabout, It is Nepal's only one zoo. there is fun park and restaurant for family visitors.Children are looking enjoying to playing there. In middle of zoo there is a pound with boating facility. people used to visit zoo for elephant riding also.

Elephants, tigers, beer,  leopards, hyenas, deer, blue bulls, gharials, giant tortoises, langur monkeys and some very noisy hippos are most attractive part of the zoo.  you can enjoy with fishes, rhino, alligator, emu, ostrich, peacock and another animals. many kind of birds are also kept in it.People used to come for dry food picnic in zoo, bird area is mostly used for dry food picnic. The zoo open every Tuesday to Sunday at 10am to 5pm its close every Monday. Plastic bags are strictly prohibited in zoo.

Bhimsen Temple

Bhimsen Rath yatra

Bhimsen mandir is one of popular temple of Patan. It located at the northern end of Durbar Sq, the Bhimsen Temple is dedicated to the god of trade and business, which possibly explains its well-kept and prosperous look. People worship bhimsen for there business well going. we can see every  hindu shopkeeper worship bhinsen and put his photo in their shop.Bhimsen, a hero of the Mahabharata, was said to be extraordinarily strong. In patan there is 4 main bhimsen but the most popular bhimsen is durbar square bhimsen.Look out for the place settings with bowls, spoons and cups nailed up on the roof struts as offerings.
The three-storey temple has had a chequered history. Although it is not known when it was first built, an inscription records that it was rebuilt in 1682 after a fire. A lion tops a pillar in front of the temple, while the brick building has an artificial marble façade and a gilded façade on the 1st floor.