The Jantar Mantar is a collection of architectural galactic instruments, constructed by the Maharaja (king) Jai Singh II in the capital after Jaipur between 1727 and 1734. Is the model he had built for him in the Mughal capital of New Delhi. He had built a total of five facilities in different places, including Delhi and Jaipur.
The Jaipur lookout is the biggest and best maintained of these. It has been engraved on the earth Heritage List as "an expression of the exorbitant skills and astral concepts of the court of a scholarly prince at the conclusion of the Mughal period".
Jantar Mantar is a living proof of the interests of the people until 300 years ago in astronomy and science of celestial bodies. The fourteen geometric instruments Jantar Mantar, can still be used for astronomical observations. Specific astronomical instruments to calculate the time of day, predict eclipses, measure the height of celestial bodies and predict the location of the constellations. The Samrat Yantra or sundial is one of the major geometric devices Jantar Mantar and still gives the correct time. Some other astronomical instruments in the Jantar Mantar are the Jaiprakash Yantra, Ram Yantra.
It is believed that the Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II sent his emissaries all over the world to collect the latest astronomical knowledge of the time to build his observatory. Located opposite the door of the City Palace Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is the world's largest stone observatory can be used to date. The Jantar Mantar is visited by countless visitors each year who are completely in awe of the observatory to be built in his time
You can visit this very Jantar Mantar (Observatory) in Jaipur, Rajasthan and see with their own eyes the wonderful masonry tools.
The Jantar mantar in Jaipur is the most well-known one among the five observatories constructed by Sawai Jai Singh and is situated close to the gate of the well-known City Palace of Jaipur. So when you are in Jaipur, do not miss the opportunity to check out the largest stone observatory in the earth, which is still in a running condition and stands observer to the wisdom of the early age.
