Vidyadhar Bhattacharya
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Vidyadhar Bhattacharya was the chief architect and city planner of Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

 city. A Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 architect, he was approached by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in 1727 to build one of the earliest planned cities of India. He used principles of Shilpa Shastra and Vaastu Shastra to create a grid-based model of city.

The Vidyadhar Garden near Galtaji
Galtaji
Galtaji is an ancient Hindu pilgrimage site situated 10 km from Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan, on the Jaipur-Agra highway near Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh. This place approximately 1 km from Jaipur to Delhi highway.It is located in Khaniya -Balaji town in Jaipur...

 and Sisodia Rani Bagh
Sisodia Rani Garden and Palace
Sisodia Rani Garden and Palace is a beautiful palace garden 6km from Jaipur city in of Rajasthan state in India.It was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1779. The place consists of tiered multi-level gardens with fountains, watercourses and painted pavilions. A charming double storeyed...

was built in memory of Purohit Vidyadhar Bhattacharya.
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