Churiya Mai is believed to have been established during the Rana period. During the Rana period, Nepal’s first tunnel was built in this area. It was designed by Nepal’s first civil engineer, Brigadier General Dillijung Thapa in 1917. Engineer Thapa was also the one to build the Churiyamai temple. In his dream, he saw a goddess in the same place and told her to dig a tunnel only after worshiping. So, with the request of engineer Thapa, Hetauda Sub-metropolitan Municipality decided to build the temple. From this day onwards, it is said that the preservation and protection of tunnel is done by Churiya Mai Mata.
The road from Amalekhgunj to Bhimfedi was built during the First World War. It was also built by engineer Thapa and temple of Churiya Mai is on the southern face of this road. Nepalese who enlisted in the military service of British India used to return to Nepal this way. To protect the tunnel, Hetauda Sub-metropolitan Municipality is preparing the history of the tunnel, the story of the establishment of the Churiyamai temple and the design of the protection.