Patan Durbar Square

A World Heritage Site

by Nidhi Baral

On the 11th of April we went on a trip to the Patan Museum. We left at about 12 o’clock. We made a double partner line and went there walking.

We went there as a part of our curriculum in the seven wonders of Kathmandu, or the world heritage sites. 

Patan Museum is one of the most beautiful sites with many old inscriptions and artwork. A few days ago, we had gone to Pashupatinath, also a heritage site.

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Pashupati has an old Brahma sculpture going back to the third century AD. 

Patan Durbar Square featured the work of mostly seventeenth century while there were some samples going back to the thirteenth.

 

After we reached there, we took many pictures. There were many old art pieces, statues, thrones, weapons and clear descriptions of each.

We sat among the trees, in the nature, at peace, and started drawing what we found most interesting. There were inscriptions in stone which dated way back. 

 

On the other side they were renovating the buildings, hence we were not allowed to go there. We saw a lot of temples as well.

 

After we made the drawings, we clicked some group pictures. The fact that people save all those old pieces of art was very interesting.

 

On the way back, then we made a line, then we visited the other side of the museum, where there were many statues, figures of gods and a throne as well.

 

The statues, and all the art work were very exquisite. We were all very curious and while some of the statues were incoherent through age and damage, they still told us a lot about olden times. 

After our trip was over, on the way, we had kulfi, which was a favourite part of the trip for most of the children.

 

Overall, the trip was great and we all enjoyed every moment.