Lalitpur city, widely known as Patan is an ancient city planned in those days with a circular format guarded in four corners by four Buddhist stupas called “Ashok stupas”. Situated quite near Kathmandu towards southeast corner, this city is nothing less than archaeological storage of ancient civilization of Nepal. Artistic temples and chaityas counted here are not less than fifteen hundred and that there are 157 Buddhist Vihar & Vahees ( different kinds of monasteries). The images and idols are in thousands. Durbar Square at the centre of the city is the most revealing and heart catching area, full of Buddhist and Hindu temples and shrines, artistic gateways, images and monuments of various sorts of deities and personages, stone monoliths and medieval kings on top of them and the like.
Believed to have been built in 299 A.D., this city has its own history most of the times as an independent city state. Patan is specially famous for its skilled artists, craftsmen like mansions, metal workers, sculptors etc., architects and tradesmen.
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