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Tour the massive Jantar Mantar in Jaipur and marvel
at the building skill and scientific acumen of those
who flourished in the medieval ages.
Designed and constructed under the express guidance
of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, who was an accomplished
astronomer and scholar, the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur
is one of the 7 observatories that were constructed
in different parts of India.
The observatory was constructed for keeping an account
of the local time, planetary positions, different phases
of the day on the basis of the sun, movement of the
moon, stars, planets and other relevant astronomical
data of practical importance.
Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is a complex grid of accurate
astronomical instruments made of stone. Some of the
important instruments that are an integral part of this
mammoth observatory are Brihat Samrat Yantra or the
massive sundial that indicates the different phases
of the day with perfect accuracy, Ram Yantra, Jai Prakash
Yantra et al.
All the astronomical instruments at the Jantar Mantar
in Jaipur were constructed with stone and masonry with
accurate precision based on the exact positions of the
latitudes, Equator and the longitudes.
Constructed in 1724, the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur derives
its name from the Sanskrit terms, Yantra Mantra that
if literally translated mean, instruments and formulae.
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