Mandali Puja is observed to appeal for a cure from illness, relief of misfortune and success in foreign travel.
According to legend, Mandali Bajai (third granddaughter of the last Thakuri king of Dholarthan) was married in Waakhet in Pathlekhet VDC.
After a long night of celebration, on her way back to Chimkhola she was struck by a cow named Guleni on the north side of Mandali Than (now known as Chulthepathi) and died of her injuries.
Eight to ten years after the accident Mandali Bajai began to appear through spiritualists, convincing them to worship her at the present place.
The shrine was originally near a large puwale bush, but in 1975 BS (1918 AD) Chambir Tilija, a devotee, built a fence around the area.