A story behind Bishal Nagar

A long time ago, out of hatred to Shankaracharya, a party of one thousand Bananas murdered 700 hundred Brahmans residing in Bishalnagara.  The wives of these Brahmans immolated themselves as Sati, and their curses were so powerful that the thousand murderers were burned to ashes. The spirits of these Satis then become so turbulent that no one would venture to pass that way. Raja, therefore, in order to put a stop to this trouble, caused an emblem, having been erected for the Shanti, or peace, of the Brahma-pisachas, was called Santaneswara. It is also called Nandikeswara, from its having been erected by a Brahman of Bishalnagara, named Nandi, who himself after death was defined as Mopta-deva or Bhat-bhatyani.

This Raja, to establish peace on a more secure footing, instituted the custom of a yearly Jatra of the Navasagara Bhagavati of Bishalnagara, on the anniversary of the Preta-chaturdasi. The original image of this Devi, made by Viswakarma, was so frightful, that no one would pass that way. The people therefore buried it, and covered the place with stones. 

After the 700 Brahmans had been massacred, the rest of left Bishalnagara, and went to live at Deva-patan, where they built a house having seven courts. 

The dynasty of the Vais Thakuri of Nuwakot ends here. A descendant of a collateral branch of the solar race of the former Raja Ansu Barma, by Bama Dev, having gained over the nobles of Lalitpur and Kantipur, succeeded in expelling the Vais Thakuri Rajas, and made himself king.