Jantar Mantar

Local nameJantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory, Delhi
LocationDelhi, India

Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. “Jantar Mantar” literally means “instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens”. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards, revising the calendar and astronomical tables. Jai Singh, born in 1688 into a royal Rajput family that ruled the regional kingdom, was born into an era of education that maintained a keen interest in astronomy. There is a plaque fixed on one of the structures in the Jantar Mantar observatory in New Delhi that was placed there in 1910 mistakenly dating the construction of the complex to the year 1710. Later research, though, suggests 1724 as the actual year of construction. Its height is 723 feet.

The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. Some of these purposes nowadays would be classified as astronomy.

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Opening hours

Every day from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.

Admission

100 INR

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar,_New_Delhi

Official Website http://www.jantarmantar.org/

Address New Delhi, India

Coordinates 28°37'37.75" N 77°12'60" E

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