Jantar Mantar was one of the vital trials of Jai Singh to give new dimensions to practical astronomy. In the beginning, Jai Singh made an attempt to use brass metals for it, but later he gave up on his idea. Finally after going through many changes, this amazing observatory was completed in 1724. But after 7 years, it was no more operational and now it is just a tourist spot. Out of the five astronomical observatories built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur (1699-1743), Jantar Mantar at Delhi is most significant one. (Others were erected at Ujjain, Varanasi, Jaipur and Mathura). It contains six masonry instruments and the largest one is Samrat Yantra (Supreme Instrument) which resembles to a sun dial. Built for observing the movements of the stars and the planets, through these Yantras one can know about the shortest and the longest day of the year, days of the week, months, time and other astronomical data.
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Jantar Mantar was one of the vital trials of Jai Singh to give new dimensions to practical astronomy. more
