BHAGAWAN PASUPATHINATH OF NEPAL
The Seat of Chaturmukha Siva

In honour of that great saint, almost all the divinities came down to assist the king in making his effort successful Brahma swept the roads reciting the Vedas. Vishnu blew conch, Siva sprinkled water on the road, Indra held the umbrella. Yama burnt incense sticks, Kubera rained Kanaka varsha, Agni carried the torch and Vayu held the flag. The reception thus given pleased the saint, and in consequence there was down pour instantly. There was joy in surfeit every where. So, in his memory a great temple for Machendranath was built then.

And the annual festival used it be celebrated on a scale Unprecedented. Disguised as man, the Kalpadruma descending then was found totally absorbed in watching the fun and frolic combined with religiosity, spilling at every step of the onward 'march of the procession. When Went oblivious of this mundane world, he was caught unawares by BISET, a powerful personality 'there then. When the former pleaded to release him, Biset set a condition for it-he would be freed only on the condition that he. should build a grand Mandap with a Dharmashala out of the wood of a single tree. 

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