Lalitpur Metropolitan City ( ) , historically Patan ( '' Pātan '' , '' Yala '' , ) , is the third largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara and it is located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley which is a new metropolitan city of Nepal . Lalitpur is also known as Manigal . It is best known for its rich cultural heritage , particularly its tradition of arts and crafts . It is called city of festival and feast , fine ancient art , making of metallic and stone carving statue . At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 226,728 in 54,748 individual households . The city received extensive damage from an earthquake on 25 April 2015
an earthquake on 25 April 2015
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Lalitpur, Nepal