10 facts about Jantar Mantar

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10 facts about Jantar Mantar
1.Jantar Mantar was built by Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II,who founded the Jaipur.During the beginning of 18th century, he has built 5 Jantar Mantars in India at New Delhi, Mathura, Jaipur, Varanasi and Ujjain.
2.Jantar Mantar was built to study time and space.
3.It consists 19 instruments for the observation of Sun rotation.
4.The structure stone sundial called as Brihat Samrat Yantra gives the local time at the accuracy of two seconds.
5.It;s Jai Prakash Yantra is for calculating night time.
6.Nadivalaya Yantra for calculating Solar Time
7.Dhruva darska yantra - for observing polar star.
8.The Jantar Mantar is protected under the Rajasthan Monuments Archaeological Site and Antiquities Act, 1961
9.Kranti Vritta Yantra to measures longitude and latitude of celestial bodies.
10.Built from local stone and marble, each instrument carries an astronomical scale.
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Although the Jantar Mantar boasts numerous devices, there are seven main devices out there that grab huge attention.

1. Samrat Yantra

it is the most prominent variation that kept inside this great observatory. It contains a triangular gnomon.

2. Jai Prakash Yantra

Next, to the Samrat Yantra, Jai Prakash Yantra is the most beautiful one. The mantra is used for calculation of sun’s position along with several other heavenly bodies. This most beautiful yantra is the favorite device for most kids today. Jai Prakash Yantra was designed by Jain Singh. It is in hemisphere shape that attracts the mass.

3. Digamsa Yantra

Digamsa stands for Azimuth and therefore this yantra is also known by the name of Azimuth Yantra. The Digamsa yantra is less complex than the Rama Yantra and Jai Prakash yantra. It is used to measure the Azimuth of any type of celestial object. The design of this yantra is simple and was built to offer precise azimuthal readings in reference with Rama Yantra. The only and the main purpose to build Digamsa Yantra was to complement Rama Yantra.

4. Ram Yantra

Have you ever heard about the Ram Yantra? It is in a circular structure and boasts a tall pillar in the middle. Ram yantra is popularly used for calculating horizontal and vertical angles.

5. Misra Yantra

Misra Yantra is much popular yantra and is a combined instrument, which is located to the northwest of the Ram yantra. It contains many small instruments and it looks similar to the stylized namaste form that we India usually greet others. The Nita chakra of this Misra yantra indicates Zurich, Greenwich meridians.

6. Dakshinottarabhitti Yantra

Next to the Misra Yantra, Dakshinottarabhitti Yantra is the biggest instruments among others. Acquiring the meridian altitudes were difficult those times and thus it is specially designed with high-quality materials to obtain the meridian altitudes. The appearance of this yantra symbolizes the entry of the sun in cancer constellation.

7. Agra Yantra

Is found to be the amazing instruments in the center. It is located on the west side of the building. Although the instruments seem to be big, we don’t know for what purpose was it used.

8. Yantra Raj

It has a disc made of seven alloys. The size of this disc remains the same for all season. However, it is used to calculate the various planetary position. It is also used to determine the exact timings of solar and lunar eclipses.

9. World's Biggest Stone Sundial

Jantar Mantar in Jaipur has the world's biggest stone sundial called as Brihat Samrat Yantra. This instrument gives the local time at the accuracy of two seconds. The structure is over 27m high. The reason behind the enormous Samrat Yantra is the accuracy. A smaller device failed to give accurate time, thus increasing the size of the device was the only option left.

10. A UNESCO Site
Jantar Mantar is one of the world heritage sites listed by UNESCO.

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