Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

Jantar-Mantar is a historic monument located in Jaipur, which is the largest of India's five astronomical observatories. It was built by King Savoie Jaisingh between 1724 and 1734. This observatory is included in the count of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO, about which UNESCO says that this observatory is the best specimen of expression of astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the Mughal period.

This monument is situated near the City Palace and the Hawa Mahal of Jaipur city. The best quality marble and stone have been used in the construction of the observatory. Here, there is also a Ram device which used to be the measurement instrument or instrument in that period. This instrument is the unique tool of its method in the observatory, which represents the astronomical skill of the Maharaja.

There are 14 major instruments in this observatory, which can be used to measure time, to predict eclipses, to know the motion and position of a star, to know the divisions of planets in the solar system. Looking at these instruments, it shows that the people of India had such a deep knowledge of the concepts of mathematics and astronomy that they could give these concepts a 'educational observatory' so that nobody could know them and their joy Can take apart from this, other tools can also be seen, such as Dhruv, Dakshina, Narnivala, Zodhwasia, Small Emperor, Large Emperor, The Aravjar Seat, Direction, Small Ram, Large Ram Yantra, Small Revolution, Large Revolution, Raj Unnathamsa, Jai Prakash And grunts.

The bronze instrument is worth seeing in the monument as well as the works of Hindu Sanskrit words are also done inside it. You can observe those words with open eyes. This historic monument represents ancient architectural art and gives information about the new-founders of the time and also reflects the ideology of the 18th Century people.

In order to make precise predictions, this unique building, famous for the establishment of this wonderful observatory, was inaugurated by King Sawai Jai Singh (II) of Jaipur's founder, Jaipur city, in 1728, which was completed in 1734. Sawai Jai Singh was also an astronomical scientist, whose contribution and praise of the personality have been respected by Jawaharlal Nehru in his famous book 'Discovery of India' ('India: A Search').

Before creating this observatory, Sawai jaisingh sent his cultural envoy to many countries of the world and sought the manuscripts of ancient and important texts of astronomy from there and preserved them in his posthuman (library) for his study. Was done.

Haraja Sawai Jai Singh II had built five observatories across the country on the basis of Hindu astronomy. These observatories were built in Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Banaras and Mathura. In the construction of these observatories, he took the help of eminent astronomers of that time. Firstly Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh (II) constructed the emperor in Ujjain, after which the Delhi-based Observatory (Jantar-Mantar) and its ten years later, Jantar-Mantar was built in Jaipur.

Jaipur's highest observatory in all the five observatories of the country. Work was started in 1724 for the construction of this observatory and it was completed in 1734. It is huge in shape with the rest of the Jantant Mantras, but it does not have many encounters in terms of crafts and instruments. In the five observatories built by Sawai Jai Singh, only today Jantar Mantar of Delhi and Jaipur remains, remaining in the cheek of the rest of the day.

The Yantra located in Jantar Mantra is still in the right condition, by which every year rain forecast and meteorological data are gathered. Due to the precision of the machines, UNESCO has given it the status of World Heritage.