🛕 Religious📸 Tourist Attraction

Krishna Mandir

Patan Durbar Square, Nepal

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Overview

Hindu temple in Lalitpur, Nepal. It sits in Nepal's hill country, at its clearest either side of the monsoon — October to November and March to April.

Why visit: Living Hindu temples with tiered pagoda roofs and centuries of daily ritual, not museum pieces.

Things to do

›Walk the temple complex
›Watch the evening aarti or ritual
›Look for the carved wooden struts and pagoda roofs
›Explore the surrounding old town

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Travel Information

Best time

October – April (dry, comfortable); festival season peaks in autumn

Weather

Temperate hill climate — warm days and cool nights (18–28°C in season, dropping near freezing on winter nights), with a heavy monsoon from June to September.

Entry fee

Often free; some sites charge foreigners (~₹200 – 1,200)

Hours

Typically dawn to dusk; inner sanctums may be off-limits to non-Hindus

Est. budget

₹500 – ₹2,000

Duration

1 – 2 hours

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