Rudra Varna Mahavihar, Lalitpur, Bagmati Nepal

 Om kuli Shree Rudra Varna Mahavihar is one of the most beautiful monastry of Patan. It is located in Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan city ward No. 6, Wokhubahal, Patan which is in the South East direction & is about 500 meter distance from Patan Durbar Square. The Vihara is located nearby world famous MAHABAUDDHA Terraccota Temple which is known as nine thousand Buddha Temple.

This is one of Patan's oldest Buddhist monasteries. Adjacent to the monastery there is a temple that contains a fine image of Lord Buddha. The courtyard of this temple is like a gallery of different bronze and stone art works.

Popularly believed, though not scholastically endorsed, to have been built by Ashoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India, these stupas stand at four different corners of Patan giving the whole city a monastic character. All these Buddhist mounds were built in 250 A.D. at the time when Buddhism was making headway to the Kathmandu Valley.