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¤ An Observatory
The Jantar Mantar was built in 1710 by Raja Jai Singh II of Jaipur
(1699-1743) in Delhi. This is an observatory consisting of mason-built
astronomical instruments to chart the course of the heavens. Jai
Singh, who was a very scholarly king with a very keen interest in
astronomy and astrology, had other observatories built too in
Ujjain, Jaipur, Mathura (which no longer survives) and Varanasi.
The first among these was this one in Delhi. The yantras
(instruments, which has been distorted to Jantar) are built of brick
rubble and plastered with lime. The yantras have evocative names like,
samrat yantra, jai prakash, ram yantra and niyati chakra; each of
which are used to for various astronomical calculations.
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