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Late medieval · Hindu · Nepal
Krishna Mandir, Patan
पाटनको कृष्ण मन्दिर
Lalitpur, Bagmati · 27.6736°, 85.3250°
Krishna, with Rukmini and SatyabhamaMallaShikharaUNESCO World Heritage
Sacred since
1600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
17th c. (Siddhi Narsingh Malla)
Malla
History & significance
A seventeenth-century stone shikhara temple raised by King Siddhi Narsingh Malla in Patan Durbar Square, unusual in a valley of pagoda-roofed shrines. Badly damaged in the April 2015 earthquake, it was restored and reopened to worshippers in 2018.