IMAGE: The Rama yantra is an instrument used to find the altitude and the direction of celestial objects from the sun. IMAGE: The Laghu Samrat yantra helps measure time based on the shadow cast by ...

The Samrat Yantra is an enormous sundial: a 27m-high triangular wall with two semi-circular ramps that radiate like wings from its sides (Credit: MarcelloGoggio/Getty Images) ...

'Samrat Yantra', which is the largest equinoctial sun dial in the world, is used to ascertain the direction of the winds to make an estimate of the rainfall.

Some of its 16 geometric devices, including the Samrat Yantra - world's largest sundial that tells time of day to an accuracy of two seconds, have developed cracks for want of proper maintenance ...

The “Karka Rashi Yantra” consists of an inverted D arch, marking 180 degrees, and a rod-like structure at the top, which acts as a needle and whose shadow helps with calculations.

Built in the early 1730s under the direction of the Rajput king, Sawal Jai Singh II, the Samrat Yantra, also known as the 'Supreme Instrument', measures time to an accuracy never previously achieved, ...

The official said that while the other instruments — Samrat Yantra, Jaya Yantra, Rama Yantra — have seen on and off restoration work, no such work has been carried out for Mishra Yantra in the ...

The Samrat Yantra is an enormous sundial: a 27m-high triangular wall with two semi-circular ramps that radiate like wings from its sides (Credit: MarcelloGoggio/Getty Images) ...