जंतर मंतर, जयपुर

जंतर मंतर, जयपुर

📍 Near Beside City Palace, Jaipur

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construction year

c. 1734

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Historians say

Jai Singh was born at Amber in 1688 and came to the throne at twelve. The observatory is the clearest surviving evidence that Jaipur was conceived as a scientific project.

Historians say

A masonry astronomical observatory of large-scale instruments, including twelve Rasivalayas, built by Jai Singh II. He built instruments rather than adopting the telescope, aiming at a systematic picture of the whole sky and the systems governing it.

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Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.

🔗 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (India) — see all 🔗 Part of Jaipur Composite Ticket Monuments — see all

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Nearby

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जंतर मंतर, जयपुर and purohit ji ka katla are about 132 m apart in jaipur. · 132 m

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