1 Patan has a Durbar Square too |
2 Krishna Temple |
3 Statue of Ganga on a tortoise in Mul Chowk |
4 Jagannarayan Temple |
5 Durbar Square |
6 Another view of the Durbar Square |
7 Krishna Mandir |
8 Golden Gate, or Sun Dhoka, of the Royal Palace |
9 Golden Gate, detail |
10 Krishna Mandir, with Garuda, Vishnu's mount; Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu |
11 Two elephants guard the Vishwanath Temple |
12 Manga Hiti, water source |
13 Street leading to Golden Temple |
14 Carved columns |
15 Golden Temple, or Hiranya Varna, or Suwarna Mahavira, a Buddhist monastery |
16 Golden Temple |
17 Golden Temple |
18 Golden Temple |
19 The Golden Temple well deservies its name |
20 Golden Temple |
21 Elephants in the Golden Temple |
22 Metal elephants |
23 Room in the monastery |
24 Metal bird |
25 Golden statue |
26 A mythical beast guards the Golden Temple |
27 Silver in the Golden Temple |
28 The Patan Museum, in the Royal Palace |
29 Patan Museum courtyard |
30 Shiva (Mahesvara) and Parvati (Uma), in the Patan Museum (Nepal, 12th c.) |
31 Shiva and Parvati (Nepal, 13th-14th c.) |
32 Four-faced Shiva linga in the Patan Museum (Nepal, 17th-18th c.) |
33 Ganesha (Nepal, 17th-18th c.) |
34 Vishnu on the sunbird (Nepal, 17th-18th c.) |
35 Fluting Vishnu on Garuda (Nepal, 17th-18th c.) |
36 Vishnu and Lakshmi, two gods in one (Nepal, 14th-15th c.) |
37 Lady's hand mirror, bronze disk with ivory handle (Nepal, 1733) |
38 Courtyard of the museum |
39 Hanuman and Bhairava, two gods in one |
40 Padmasambhava (Tibet, 17th c.) |
41 Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (Nepal, 12th c.) |
42 Varjasattva (the sixth Buddha) and Prajna (Nepal, 1859) |
43 Padmapani Lokeshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (Nepal, 16th-17th c.) |
44 Puzzling figures, probably from the Nepalese hill regions |
45 More puzzling figures |
46 Another puzzling figure |
47 A magnificent Shakyamuni Buddha (Nepal, 17th-18th c.). The statue is not poured, but made of sheets of hammered copper. |
48 The museum's garden restaurant, a great place to rest and recover |