Patan, Lalitpur

Patan (officially Lalitpur, meaning City of Beauty) is one of the three historic royal cities of the Kathmandu Valley, separated from Kathmandu by the Bagmati River. Patan Durbar Square contains a dense concentration of medieval Newari temples, including the Krishna Mandir of 1636, built in the north Indian shikhara style and decorated with stone friezes depicting scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana. The city has a long tradition of metalwork and bronze casting, visible in workshops throughout the old city.