Jantar Mantar
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Raja Sawai Jai Singh constructed the Jantar Mantar during the early 18th century AD.
He named this observatory as ‘Yantra Mantra’, of which Yantra means instrument, while Mantra means formula.
During British era, the name got corrupted to Jantar Mantar. This place has four main instruments – The Ram Yantra, The Jayaprakasha Yantra, The Misra Yantra and the Samrat Yantra.
The Ram Yantra is designed to determine the local celestial co-ordinates and has two complementary buildings in a circular shape.
The Jayaprakasha Yantra has two complementary concave hemispheres that reflect the dome of the sky and is used to show the zodiac signs, the Sun’s declination and the local time instantaneously.
The Misra Yantra is used to find out the shortest and longest day of the year. The Samrat Yantra is an equinoctial Sun Dial and was used to calculate precise time of the day in split second and the Sun’s declination.
The Jantar Mantar is situated on Parliament Street and can be seen from 9 am to 7 pm without any entry fee.
Category: Monument and Historic Building
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