Jantar Mantar
This open air observatory set outside the
gateway of the city palace complex was built by the astronomer king Sawai Jai
Singh II in 1728. It is one of the five open-air astronomical observatories
built by him, the first being at Delhi in 1724, followed observatories at
Jaipur (1728), Ujjain (1734), Varanasi (1737) and Mathura (1738). The
observatory at Jaipur is the largest and most important of the five. The complex instruments used for measuring
local time, the altitude of stars and constellations, the sun’s declination,
meridian, altitude and determining eclipses are quite spectacular and reflects
the glory of medieval Indian astronomy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar_(Jaipur)
http://www.jantarmantar.org/
http://karuneshjohri.com/travel/jantar-mantar-jaipur/
http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/Destinations/Jaipur/JantarMantar.aspx
For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar_(Jaipur)
http://www.jantarmantar.org/
http://karuneshjohri.com/travel/jantar-mantar-jaipur/
http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/Destinations/Jaipur/JantarMantar.aspx