Nagadaha in Dhapakhal VDC of lalitpur District is a natural pond that covers of five hectares (around 100 ropanies). And some 8 km southwest of kathmandu is situated Matatirtha pokhari (mata:mother, tirtha:pilgrimage / sacred site), which is visited once a year in April-May by those whose mothers have passed away. The rituals here involve a dip in one of the two adjacent pond followed by other rites. About 8 km north of kathmandu, in Budhanilkantha at the base of Shivapuri Hill, is a large 5th-century stone statue of Sleeping lord Vishnu reclining on a bed of snakes and seemingly floting on the water in the middle of pond. It is one of all religious site (read ponds) in the valley.
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