Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar

Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar (Nepali: पुष्पसुन्दर तुलाधर; 1885-1935) was a prominent merchant of Kathmandu and one of the chief donors to the restoration of the Swayambhu stupa in 1918.

[1] Swayambhu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[2] is one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in Nepal and the center of Newar Buddhism.

They conducted trade between Nepal, Tibet and India, transporting merchandise over the Himalaya by mule caravan.

The firm was named Pushpa Sundar Kula Ratna and it was located at 401/1 Upper Chitpur Road.

[10] The temple houses an image of Jana Baha Dyah,[11] known in Sanskrit as Aryavalokitesvara (Sacred Avalokiteśvara), a bodhisattva who embodies compassion.

Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar (front row, extreme right, in white shirt) with five Newar priests wearing costumes representing Pancha Buddha at Swayambhu , Kathmandu in 1921.
Gilded statue of Vairocana Buddha donated by Pushpa Sundar Tuladhar installed in a shrine on the east side of Swayambhu Stupa , Kathmandu .