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- The Observatories - Jantar Mantar
Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Jantar mantar: Maharajah Sawaii Jai Singh’s Observatory in Delhi On the topic of why Jai Singh chose not to use telescopes in his observatories
- Jai Singh and Astronomy - Jantar Mantar
As jai Singh’s chief astronomer, Jagannatha was a major influence in the design of the jantar Mantar, and the two men remained lifelong friends In the early 1700s, when Jai Singh conceived of his ambitious observatory project, the telescope had been in use by astronomers in Europe for over 100 years
- Rasivalaya Yantras - Jantar Mantar
The Rasivalaya Yantras are unique to the Jaipur observatory Each Yantra is related to one of the constellations of the zodiac, thus there are twelve of them
- Nadivalaya Yantra - Jantar Mantar
The dial faces are built along an east-west line, and are parallel to the plane of the equator With this arrangement, the sun illuminates the northern face during the summer months and the southern face during the winter months
- Samrat Yantra - Jantar Mantar
The Samrat Yantra, sometimes called “Supreme Instrument” is an equinoctial sundial of enormous proportion Although one of the simpler instruments, and not too different from sundials which had been developed hundreds of years earlier, the Samrat Yantra is important because it measures time to a precision that had never before been achieved
- Library - Jantar Mantar
Panoramas plunge the viewer into a breathtaking 360-degree space, while pages of explanatory illustrations describe the observatories and the workings of their many instruments The book provides the experience of visiting the sites, the historical context of the Jantar Mantars, and an understanding of their scientific and architectural
- Learn - Jantar Mantar
Early Greek and Persian observatories contained elements that Jai Singh incorporated into his designs, but the instruments of the Jantar Mantar, as Jai Singh’s observatories have come to be known, are more complex and at much greater scale than any that had come before
- Gallery - Jantar Mantar
The Gallery is a space where you can browse photographs, architectural renderings, panoramas, animations and more in the form of curated collections
- Architecture in the Service of Science - Jantar Mantar
The Jantar Mantar at New Delhi, India The red wash on the masonry structures stands in contrast to the lush green of its park-like setting in the midst of downtown New Delhi
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