Jantar Mantar
Location: just next to the entrance gate of City Palace,
Built By: Maharaja Jai Sawai Singh, Between 1727 and 1733,
Highlights: Largest stone Astronomical Observatory in the World,
How to reach: You can reach Jantar Mantar very Easily from city by taking Bus, Rickshaw or taxi,
Jantar Mantar at Jaipur is the largest marble observatory in the World and this characteristic makes it, a special target for a traveler. Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is one of the five astronomical observatories built by Maharaja Jai Singh, the creator of Jaipur. During the era between 1727 and 1733, Jantar Mantar took its form and structure. Initially Jantar Mantar was named as Yantra Mantra, which means instrument and formulae, but due to mispronunciation of the term, it is distorted to the documented name.
Jantar Mantar has a extraordinary collection of architectural astronomical instrument.
It portrays striking attempt of the ancestors, who were interested in astronomy and knowledge of outer space bodies. Above all, this observatory still, provides accurate information, which can be compared with today's modern instruments unquestionably. The mix instruments, whose settings and shapes are logically designed depicts the forte of Medieval Indian Astronomy.
Jantar Mantar is wholly constructed with stone and marble.
The observatory has fourteen statistical instruments for measuring time, predicting eclipses and to establish other astronomical events. surrounded by all the instruments, the Sundial regularly attracts the maximum attention of people, which tells the time to an correctness of about two seconds in local time of Jaipur.
Jantar Mantar was carefully renovated in 1901 and was acknowledged a national monument in 1948. Today, Jantar Mantar has be converted into a major tourist attraction in Jaipur.
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