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.

Golden Temple

Golden Temple is also known as the Hiranya Varna or Suwarna Mahavihara, this unique Buddhist monastery is just north of Durbar Square. The doorway, flanked by gaudy painted guardian lions, gives no hint of the magnificent structure within. The inner courtyard has a railed walkway around three sides and the entry is flanked by two stone elephants. Shoes and other leather articles must be removed if you leave the walkway and enter the inner courtyard. There are temple guardians. The main priest of the temple is a young boy under the age of twelve, who serves for 30 days before handing the job over to another boy.
The large rectangular building has three roofs and a copper-gilded façade. Inside the main shrine is a beautiful statue of Sakyamuni In the far right of the courtyard is a statue of Vajrasattva wearing an impressive silver-and-gold cape.
In the centre of the courtyard is a small, richly decorated temple with a golden roof that has an extremely ornate Gajur. Inside in the oldest part of the temple is a(swayambhu) chaitya.
The four corners of the courtyard have statues of four Lokeshvaras and four monkeys, which hold out jackfruits as an offering. On the south side is Tara. A stairway leads up to a upper-floor chapel lined with Tibetan-style frescoes.

Krishna Mandir

Krishna Mandir is main temple of patan, it was built by King Siddhinarsingh Malla. its strong Mughal influences, this stone temple is clearly of Indian design, unlike the nearby brick-and-timber, multiroofed Newari temples.
The 1st and 2nd floors of this temple are made up of a line of three miniature pavilions, from the top of which rises a shikhara style spire. it is known as 21 gajur tample.Musicians can often be heard playing upstairs.

Krishna is an incarnation of Vishnu, so the god's vehicle, the man-bird Garuda, kneels with folded arms on top of a column facing the temple. The stone carvings along the beam above the 1st-floor pillars recount events of the Mahabharata, while on the 2nd floor there are scenes from the Ramayana. These fine friezes are accompanied by explanations in Newari of the narrative scenes. A major festival is held here in August/September (Bhadra) for Krishna's birthday, Krishnasthami. which is called shree krishna jatra.

Mangalbazar

Evening view of mangalbazar

Mangalbazar is a area located in patan, Nepal. it is called patan durbar square also. it is city of temple. It is one of the world heritage site recognized by UNESCO. It is one of the oldest city of Kathmandu valley. It is always a good time going around to these heritage sites. People used to hang out with their friends in every evening.
Kartik Naach which is celebrated every year at this place. This place consists of many temples major being Krishna Mandir, right now many renovation works are going around there.

During Kartik Nach in Mangalbaxar

Forming the whole eastern side of the Durbar Sq is the Royal Palace of Patan . Parts of the palace were built in the 14th century, but the main construction was during the 17th and 18th centuries by Siddhinarsingh Malla, Srinivasa Malla and Vishnu Malla. The Patan palace predates the palaces of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.
Krishna mandir, bhimsen mandirm narayan mandir is main temple of mangalbazar. every year a major festival of krishnastami, bhimsen jatra and narayan akardashi held here. rato machhindranath jatra is also one of very long jatra held in patan. ratro machhindranath is god of rain.