Jantar Mantar is a wonderful park in Jaipur which was completed in 1734 by Rajput King Sawai Jai Singh II. He loved astronomy and built 19 huge instruments to learn about the planets, stars and night sky.
A Rasivalaya, which measures the celestial latitude and longtitude of the celestial bodies, and there was one for Zodiac sign:
The Vrihat Samrat Yantra, a giant sundial that tells the time with an accuracy of 2 seconds:
Unnatamsa, which measures altitude:
The Yantra Raj is an astrolabe, which measures the positions of celestial objects:
A Rasivalaya, which measures the celestial latitude and longtitude of the celestial bodies, and there was one for Zodiac sign:
The Vrihat Samrat Yantra, a giant sundial that tells the time with an accuracy of 2 seconds:
Unnatamsa, which measures altitude:
The Yantra Raj is an astrolabe, which measures the positions of celestial objects:
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