[5] An integral part of the local folklore, Bhupatindra Malla is regarded as a great builder and a lover of arts whose reign is considered the cultural high point of Bhaktapur.

The contemporary expenditure book has a record of the Annaprashana (Newar: macā janko) ceremony of a prince in April 1674 (NS 795), before the birth of Bhupatindra Malla.

[23] On 26 June 1687, the Bhāju (a Newari term for the chief minister) of Jitamitra Malla's court gave 600 rupees to the customs officer in order to gather all the necessary ingredients for the feast.

This time, Bhupatindra Malla successfully takes back the throne and executes Bhāju Kasa and puts his usurping stepmother in a house arrest.

[48] During his own reign, Jitamitra Malla was known to document events in the form of dhara pau (translating to ledger books) which contained financials of royal ceremonies and the details of every single religious rites that he performed.

[48][49] Sudden disappearance of his records have led to some theories that Bhupatindra Malla may have usurped the throne from his father who was put into house arrest in the Thanthu Lyākū palace.

[50] A ritual book dated from the late years of the 17th century states, "This is the kingdom (referring to Bhaktapur) won by Bhupatindra Malla", perhaps indicating a usurpation.

[53] In reality however, the pond existed since the 12th century and Bhāju Kasa only commissioned its renovation as the tank and the temple in its middle likely suffered heavy damage from the earthquake in 1681.

The air is much better, and with its fine houses and well laid out streets it is a much gayer and more beautiful city than the other two; it has several hundred thousand inhabitants who are engaged in tradeSimilarly, he described Bhupatindra Malla as: The old Kinglet of Badgao was also rich, and a very capable man.

[10]Inside the stone Siddhi Vatsalā temple in the palace square of Bhaktapur is a small metallic bell which contains a short Newari inscription.

[64] As per historian Purushottam Shrestha, the reason for performing such complex ritual for the act of offering a small bell can be attributed to the plague epidemic that ravaged Nepal for seven years from 1716 to 1723.

Contemporary chronicles mention the mysterious death of hundreds of cattle, poultry, pigs, wild hogs, deer, mice before the plague began.

With the hopes of preventing the epidemic, Bhupatindra Malla and his court performed a siddhāgni kotyāhuti yagya in order to offer a bell to Siddhi Vatsalā[note 6] who is regarded as a powerful mother goddess.

[74] During the reign of his father Jitamitra, the chief minister Bhagiram Pradhananga (colloquially Bhāju Kasa) became popular and even claimed himself to be the most skilled in the kingdom after the king.

[35] It appears that Bhupatindra became more biased towards his mother Lālamati, particularly because he wanted to avoid his minister gaining as much power and popularity as Bhāju Kasa did during the reign of his father.

[78] Even after their death, Lālamati consecrated gold-plated statues of Jitamitra Malla and she set up a Guthi land to light oil lamps for Taleju in the name of her deceased son.

So, she requested her husband to construct a tall temple dedicated to Goddess Siddhi Lakshmi, that will calm the angry Bhairava[note 10] while secretly hoping that it would block the view of the woman's house from the palace.

As per the sources, on 23 October 1701, Bhupatindra Malla invited his ministers, chief courtiers and the rest of the administrative division of Bhaktapur in his palace where he proposed his plans build the Nyatapola Temple.

[99] Bhaktapur continuously received wood from the surrounding areas and by mid-November 1702, the work for 529 fyé gān (small bells hung in the roof that ring with the wind) began as well.

[101] However, one of these owners was saddened by the loss of his ancestral home and to show his sadness authored the Ramayana titled Dukhi Vāro and the play was shown around the town.

[116] In the 19th century, the palace was used as for administrative purposes including a post office[110] and as such the frescoes in the second floor were greatly damaged and covered in soot, ink and glue stains making them unrecognisable.

[116] Although the renovation was not perfect as the top floor windows in the western and eastern façade still lack the floral tympanum it once had and the wooden struts supporting them were once decorated with the images of various deities but now are plain wood.

[126] The palace was completely demolished by Dhir Shumsher Rana and inspired by his brother's trip to Britain remodeled it in a British style and named it "Lāl Baithak".

[136] For the occasion of installing the golden pinnacles on the Taleju temple, a Nepal Bhasa play named "Vikram Charita", which he wrote himself was shown in the courtyard.

[6] The inscriptions carved on the pedestal of these statues credit their establishment to Bhupatindra Malla and date them to 4 May 1706, suggesting the renovation of Basantapur Lyākū was completed around the same time as well.

[141] Today, only the statues of Ugrachandi-Ugrabhairava and two large stone images of guardian lions remain as the palace couldn't survive the lack of maintenance following the end of the Malla dynasty and the earthquakes of 1833 and 1934.

Bisket Jatra, known locally as Biskā Jātrā (Nepal bhasa:𑐧𑐶𑐳𑑂𑐎𑐵𑑅 𑐖𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐵‎) is the main festival of the people of Bhaktapur which involves the erection of a long pole and tug of war of two chariots carrying Bhairava and his consort.

[162] The walls on the second floor of the palace of fifty-five windows also have numerous depictions of Bhupatindra Malla including a hunting scene and a portrait of himself and his queen as Vishvarupa.

[69] The larger-than-life-size statue was made by an artisan from Kantipur and depicts him in the act of worship and as a devotee of Goddess Taleju with his hands folded in Añjali Mudrā.

[18] Similarly, Bhupatindra Malla plays a central role in the first half of the historical fiction novel Ranahar, written by Yogesh Raj, which also won the Madan Puraskar in 2018.