Bharatchandra Ray Gunakor (Bengali: ভারতচন্দ্র রায় গুণাকর; 1712–1760) was an 18th-century Bengali and SanskritSakta court poet and song composer. He is mostly known for his poetic work, Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal.[2][3] He is often referred to simply as Bharatchandra. Maharaja Krishnachandra of Nadia conferred him with the title Gunakor, after which he became famous as Ray Gunakor Bharatchandra.[4]
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^Chakraborty, Shree Natabar (publisher), (1905/1906), Bharatchandrer Granthabali, (in Bengali), p 19