 Shrestha House, a UNESCO-sponsored restoration of a traditional house in Patan |
 Shrestha House recently opened as the Newa Chen guest house, Patan |
 Sand painting, Shrestha House, Patan |
 Shrestha House, Patan (Lalitpur) |
 Shrestha House, Newa Chen, a traditional Newari house turned into a boutique guesthouse, Patan |
 One of the standard 1st floor rooms at the Newa Chen Guesthouse, Patan |
 One of the standard rooms at the Newa Chen Guesthouse, Patan |
 One of the standard rooms at the Newa Chen Guesthouse, Patan |
 Shrestha House, Newa Chen, second floor living areas, Patan |
 Shrestha House, Newa Chen, second floor living areas, Patan |
 Shrestha House, a short walk from Patan's Durbar Square |
 Flower draped temple image, Patan |
 Carved wooden temple roof beam, Patan |
 Carved wooden rtemple oof beam, Patan |
 Temple between Shrestha House and Patan's Durbar Square |
 Garland covered Garuda near the guesthouse |
 Traditional Art & Handicraft shop, Patan |
 Thanka painting, Patan |
 Thanka painting, Patan |
 Singing bowls, Patan |
 Nepali handicrafts - puppet |
 North end of Durbar Square, Patan |
 Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Patan Durbar Square Handicrafts |
 Northeast corner of Dubar Square, Patan |
 Small stupa, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Manga Hiti, public water source with three stone carved makara, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Bhimsen Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Lion pillar, Bhimsen Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Mounted elephants, Vishwanath (Shiva) Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Vishwanath Temple & Garuda, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Garuda, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Garuda, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Boy with lion statue in front of Krishna Mandir, Patan |
 Nepali boy playing with an old bicycle tire, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Life before the age of video games, Patan |
 Krisha Mandir, Vishwanath Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krisha Mandir, 1627, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krisha Mandir, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Durbar Square, Patan |
 Narsingha Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Vishnu Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 King Yoganarendra Malla's column, Durbar Square, Patan |
 King Yoganarendra Malla's column, Durbar Square, Patan |
 King Yoganarendra Malla's column, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Durbar Square, Patan |
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 Kathmandu School of Law gathering signatures, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Wall mural painted on the Royal Palace (Mul Chowk) Patan |
 Lion in front of the Royal Palace, Patan |
 Lion in front entrance to Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Narsingha disemboweling a demon, Sundari Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 UNESCO World Heritage Site - Patan Durbar Square |
 Durbar Square admission 200 rupees |
 Lions in front of the Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval), Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval), 1723, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval), 1723, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval), Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval), with the other temples of Patan's Durbar Square |
 Durbar Square, Patan |
 Hari Shankar Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 View of Patan's Durbar Square from Taleju Restaurant rooftop terrace |
 Taleju Temple, Royal Palace, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Degutalle Temple and Taleju Bhawani, Royal Palace, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Degutalle Temple and Taleju Bhawani, Royal Palace, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Degutalle Temple with the Himalaya, Royal Palace, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Temple rooftops, Durbar Square, Patan |
 View of Patan's Durbar Square from Taleju Restaurant rooftop terrace |
 Colorfully dressed visitors to Durbar Square, Patan |
 Durbar Square, Patan |
 Narsingha, Sundari Chowk, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Doorway to Mul Chowk, the Royal Palace central courtyard |
 Nepal license plate |
 Main road leading north from Durbar Square, Patan |
 Lion statue, Patan |
 Kumbeshwar Temple, 1392, Patan |
 Kumbeshwar Temple, 1392, Patan |
 Mahankal Wood Carving Center, Patan |
 Mahankal Wood Carving Center, Patan |
 Kumbeshwar Technical School, Patan |
 Wooden masks, Patan |
 Kutumba, Nepali folk instrument |
 Naga Bahal courtyard, Patan |
 Adarsha Saral Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Patan |
 Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Worshippers lighting candles, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Dragon and prayer wheel, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Monkey with jackfruit, Golden Temple, Patan |
 Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Elephant, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Monkey with flower garland and prayer wheels, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Griffin, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Sakyamuni, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Sakyamuni, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Monastery of the Golden Temple, upper level |
 Looking into the main courtyard, Sakyamuni, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Sakyamuni, Golden Temple (Kwa Bahal) Patan |
 Hari Shankar Temple, 1704 (left) and Taleju Temple, 1640, part of the Royal Palace |
 Taleju Bell, 1736, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Taleju Temple, Taleje Bell, Degutalle Temple, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Hari Shankar Temple, Taleju Temple, Taleju Bell, Degutalle Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 An old building in Patan in need of restoration |
 A freshly restored traditional Newari house in Patan |
 Traditional house, Patan |
 Bhimsen Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
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 Bhimsen Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Handicraft market near Bhimsen Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Elephant in front of Vishwanath Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Mandir, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Mandir and Jagannarayan Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Mandir, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Mandir, Vishwanath Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Jagannarayan Temple, 1565, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Durbar Square, Patan |
 Nepali boys hanging out at Durbar Square, Patan |
 Hari Shankar Temple, 1704, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Hari Shankar Temple, 1704, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Taleju Bell and Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval) Durbar Square, Patan |
 Taleju Bell, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Mandir, Durbar Square, Patan |
 Taleju Bell and Hari Shankar Temple, Durbar Square, Patan |
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 Southwest corner of Durbar Square, Patan |
 Ornate wooden door, Patan |
 Even away from Durbar Square, Patan is full of little temples |
 The area south of Durbar Square is full of craft shops, mostly metalworking, Patan |
 Brassware shop, Jaugal district, Patan |
 Metal working shop south of Durbar Square, Patan |
 Garuda, around 5500 rupees ($85) but too heavy |
 Spice shop, Patan |
 Temple south of Durbar Square |
 Durbar Square, Patan |
 Krishna Temple (Chyasim Deval) Patan |
 Painting of the view from the south side of Durbar Square looking north |
 View similar to the painting, Durbar Square, Patan |
 District south of Durbar Square, Patan |
 Thapahiti Handicraft Center, Patan (Lalitpur), thapahiti@wlink.com.np |
 Thapahiti Handicraft Center, Patan |
 Thapahiti Handicraft Center, Patan |
 Patan is full of bronze, brass and copper shops |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Interesting door handles, Patan |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Mahabouddha Temple, Temple of a Thousand Buddhas, Patak |
 Mahabouddha Temple, Temple of a Thousand Buddhas, Patak |
 Mahabouddha Temple, Temple of a Thousand Buddhas, Patak |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Mangal Bazar, Patan (Lalitpur) |
 Shikhara-style stone temple, Mangal Bazar, SE of Durbar Square, Patan |
 Mangal Bazar, SE of Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) |
 Mangal Bazar, SE of Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) |
 Metalware shop, Patan |
 Stone lion, Patan |
 Posters for Bollywood film, Om Shanti Om, Patan |
 Posters for Bollywood film, Om Shanti Om, Patan |
 Carved roof beam, Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 River goddess Ganga, Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 River goddess Jamuna on a makura (mythical crocodile), Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 River goddess Jamuna, Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Torana over the door to Degutalle Temple, Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Degutalle Temple (right), Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Small gilded Bidya Temple, Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Mul Chowk, Royal Palace, Patan |
 Krishna Mandir and Vishwanath Temple, Durbar Square, patan |
 The pair of lions in front of Krishna Mandir, Durbar Square, Patan |