The observatory ... were used to determine time, date, position of stars in the 17th century. At a time when smartphones and technology have simplified our lives, places like Jantar Mantar blend ...

Pre-telescopic astronomical instruments at Jantar Mantar from ... structure of the observatory that measures time and declination of the sun; the “Ram Yantra”, which is used to measure the ...

astronomical observations were regularly made here and these observations were used for drawing up a new set of tables. Jai Singh named his observatory Jantar Mantar (yantra standing for ...

Jaipur's Jantar Mantar, the biggest astronomical observatory in India which entered ... He maintained that local stones, from Andhi near Jaipur, used in the structure were of poor quality and ...

The latter version was taken into account when the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, stating that its inclusion was due to the fact that the observatory ...

The development comes after an expert panel appointment by ASI for the conservation of the observatory inspected the site on Tuesday. ASI last initiated conservation work at Jantar Mantar ...

A meeting of the expert committee formed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for conservation, preservation and restoration of the Jantar Mantar observatory ... which are used to predict ...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has set up new features at the Jantar Mantar observatory in the Capital ... within the complex, which was used to measure the time of the day and ...

It was completed in 1738 CE. There are jantar-mantar in the whole India, namely Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi, and Mathura. The main purpose of this observatory was to compile astronomical ...