About Jantar Mantar
Next to the City Palace entrance is the Jantar - Mantar, begun in 1728
by Savaii Singh whose passion for astronomy was even more notable than
his powers as a warrior. Before commencing Jantar Mantar, he sent
scholars abroad to study foreign observatories. This observatory is the
largest and best preserved of the five he built, with 13 different
instruments for calculating the movement of celestial bodies. It was
restored in1901. The others are in Delhi, Varanasi and Ujjain. The fifth
observatory, at Mathura, has disappeared.
Jantar mantar (or 'instrument of calculation')is a curious if somewhat
compelling collection of sculptures. In fact, each construction has a
specific purpose, for example, measuring the positions of the stars,
altitude and azimuth, and calculating eclipses.
Time : 9:00 A.M.- 4:30 P.M.(Daily)
Pictures of Jantar Mantar
