Patan Durbar Square ili mkati mwa Lalitpur. Ndi imodzi mwamabwalo atatu a Durbar omwe alipo mu Chigwa cha Kathmandu, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti ndi yofunika kwambiri pazachikhalidwe komanso zomangamanga ku Nepal. Patan Durbar Square adalembedwanso ngati World Heritage Site ndi UNESCO ndipo ndi amodzi mwa malo omwe Nepal adayendera.
Patan, komwe kuli Durbar Square, ndi umodzi mwamizinda yakale kwambiri ku Nepal. Malemba akale amalozeranso ku Patan ngati umodzi mwamizinda yotukuka kwambiri munthawi imeneyo. Malo okhala atsopano nthawi zambiri akuzungulira. Pali mabwalo opitilira 100 ozungulira Patan Durbar Square. Patan alinso ndi akachisi ofunikira 56, omwe adasungidwabe mpaka pano. Malowa ali ndi tanthauzo lachipembedzo kwa Ahindu ndi Abuda.
Patan Durbar Square amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha kufunikira kwake kwa mbiri komanso chikhalidwe ku Nepal. Ngakhale mbiri yeniyeni ya kukhazikitsidwa kwake sikudziwika, bwalo lachifumulo lili ndi zipilala zomangidwa ndi mafumu a Malla Dynasty, kuyambira m'ma 1600. Kapangidwe kake kamangidwe kake ndi komwe kuli malo a Patan Durbar Square. Alendo nthawi zonse amachita chidwi ndi nyumba zachifumu zazitali zokhala ngati pagoda, mabwalo akulu, ndi ziboliboli ndi malembo akale. Mazenera ndi zitseko za m’nyumba zachifumuzo n’zopangidwa ndi matabwa ndipo zili ndi zithunzithunzi zogoba bwino za maluwa, milungu yaikazi, ndi zithunzi zina zimene zimasonyeza zikhulupiriro za chikhalidwe cha anthu okhala ku Patan m’nthaŵi zakale.
Kachisi wodziwika kwambiri yemwe ali mkati mwa bwaloli ndi Krishna Mandir, yomwe ili ndi kachisi woperekedwa kwa Lord Krishna. Kachisi amadzaza ndi okhulupirira odzipereka a Lord Krishna pa Krishnajansthami. Akachisi ena akuluakulu pabwaloli ndi Bhimsen Temple, Vishwanath Temple, ndi Taleju Bhawani Temple, onse omwe adakhazikitsidwa mzaka za m'ma 1600. Akachisi, misewu ya njerwa zofiira, misika yotanganidwa yozungulira bwaloli, ndi kuona nyumba zakale zomangidwa mofanana ndi nyumba zachifumu zimachititsa apaulendo kumva ngati abwerera m’mbuyo.
Tsoka ilo, pa chivomezi cha 2015, zipilala zambiri zidawonongeka kwambiri. Zowonongeka zambiri zakonzedwa kale ndi kukonzanso, ndipo zina zikukonzedwabe.
Zojambulajambula ndi zaluso ndizochuluka mkati ndi kuzungulira Patan Durbar Squares. Pamene mukudutsa munjira zopapatiza zomangidwa ndi miyala, mudzakumana ndi ma workshop angapo amisiri azitsulo ndi ma workshop aluso. Zojambulazo zimayang'ana kwambiri pazithunzi za milungu ndi yaikazi komanso zipilala zachilengedwe zowonetsa kukongola kwachilengedwe komanso chikhalidwe cha Nepal. Zojambula zamatabwa ndi zojambula za Thanka zaperekedwanso kwa mibadwo yatsopano, ndipo mukhoza kupeza chithunzithunzi apa ndi apo.
Kukhalapo kwa chikhalidwe cholemera kumatanthawuza chilengedwe cha Patan Durbar Square. Zikondwerero ngati Rato Macchindranath Jatra zimadzaza misewu ya Patan ndi chisangalalo chaka chilichonse pamene anthu zikwizikwi akuzungulira Durbar Square kukondwerera.
Misika yozungulira Durbar Square nawonso ndi imodzi mwazapadera zake. Kumva kutentha mukamasangalala ndi Zakudya Zam'deralo za Newari, mutakhala m'nyumba zakale zakumaloko, sizingafananenso kwina kulikonse. Apaulendo amathanso kuyang'ana m'misika ingapo ya zonunkhira ndikugula zokometsera zachilendo kupita nazo kunyumba kwa mabanja awo ndikuwalola kuti azisangalalanso ndi zokometsera zakomweko. Ziboliboli zachitsulo ndi zosemasema zamatabwa zimapanga chikumbutso chabwino kwambiri.
Zojambula, zomangamanga, komanso chikhalidwe cholemera cha Patan Durbar Square ndikutsimikiza kusiya kukumbukira kosatha. Izi zimapangitsa Patan Durbar Square kukhala imodzi mwamasamba omwe muyenera kuyendera ku Nepal ndi padziko lonse lapansi.
