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The name "Jantar Mantar" is at least 200 years old, being mentioned in an account from 1803. [5] However, the archives of Jaipur State, such as accounts from 1735 and 1737–1738, do not use this as Jantra, which in the spoken language is corrupted to Jantar. [5]
The Jantar Mantar is a collection of 19 astronomical instruments built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh, ... The name jantar is derived from "yantra" a Sanskrit ...
Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. "Jantar Mantar" means "instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens". [1] It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards, revising the calendar and astronomical tables.
Jantar Mantar is an observatory built in Varanasi in the year 1737 by Maharaja Jai Singh II of kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur). The observatory is one of the ...
Jantar Mantar or Vedh Shala is located in the holy city of New Ujjain. It is an observatory built by Maharaja Jai Singh II in 1725 which consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The observatory is one of the five observatories built by Maharaja Jai Singh II when he was governor of Ujjain.
Mishra Yantra at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. Mishra Yantra is an instrument in Jantar Mantar constructed between 1724 and 1730. A total of five Jantar mantars were constructed across North India in Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Varanasi, and Mathura. They are one of the four astronomical instruments of the Jantar Mantar observatory located in New Delhi ...
Jantar Mantar (Yantra Mantra) is an Indian equinoctial sundial, consisting a gigantic triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the Earth's axis. Jantar Mantar may also refer to: Observatories
Agrasen Ki Baoli (also known as behens Ki Baoli; transl. Baoli of Agrasen) is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical stepwell in New Delhi, India. [1]Located on Hailey Road, [a] [b] near Connaught Place, Jantar Mantar, it was designated a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958.