Jaipur: A Dive into enchanting Mughal Rajput Architecture modestly hybrid. Featuring beautiful designs of juxtapose, historical value and cultural wealth, it becomes one of the most interesting places ...

Get into the interesting stories of what makes Jaipur's famous monuments so iconic. This journey unravels the history and culture behind these tourist places, that give an insight of heritage of the ...

Some of the main devices include the Samrat Yantra, Chakra Yantra and Digamsa Yantra, making it a haven for architects, engineers, astronomers and scholars alike. Did you know that India’s famous ...

This observatory, built by Raja Jai Singh II in the 18th century, is situated on the rooftop level of the Mana Mahala in Varanasi. Here, you can see a large and small Samrat Yantra, Digamsa Yantra, ...

The others are the “Samrat Yantra” or supreme instrument, which is the central structure of the observatory that measures time and declination of the sun; the “Ram Yantra”, which is used ...

Sundials are horological devices that indicate the time of day using the shadow cast by the apparent position of the sun. Used as early as 1500 BCE in Ancient Egypt and Babylon, sundials were among ...

This observatory, though smaller, features the ingenious Misra Yantra, a sundial that not only measures time but also determines solstices and equinoxes. Such instruments highlight the multifaceted ...

The restoration of the sundial atop the giant Samrat Yantra has already been completed. The Dakshinottar Bhitti Yantra, or the north-south wall instrument, is the most compact device within the ...

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, ...

There beneath the open skies lie the massive masonry instruments of Jantar Mantar. The medieval observatory houses six instruments of five types (it has two Samrat Yantra or sun dial). The giant sun ...