Vidyadhar Bhattacharya
Vidyadhar Bhattacharya (Bengali: বিদ্যাধর ভট্টাচার্য) was the chief architect and city planner of Jaipur city.[1] A Bengali architect, he was approached by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in 1727 to build one of the earliest planned cities of India.[1] He used principles of Shilpa Shastra and Vaastu Shastra to create a grid-based model of city.
The Vidyadhar Garden near Galtaji and Sisodia Rani Bagh was built in memory of Purohit Vidyadhar Bhattacharya.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Jaipur - The Pink City". http://jaipur.nic.in/profile.htm. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ "Vidyadhar Garden in Jaipur". http://www.rajasthantour4u.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/20/vidyadhar-garden-in-jaipur-a-tribute-to-chief-architect-of-jaipur-vidyadhar-bhattacharya/. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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