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 ...

Here, you can see a large and small Samrat Yantra, Digamsa Yantra, Chakra Yantra, Nadivalaya, and Daksinottara Bhitti Yantra. From the roof, the Ganga river is visible in all its glory.

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 ...

India has been a pioneer in the science and engineering of sundials, as evident from the 18th century time-keeping instruments in Jantar Mantars across the subcontinent, including the Vrihat Samrat ...

This astronomical observatory houses the iconic Samrat Yantra, the largest stone sundial in the world. Towering at an impressive 27 meters, the structure was designed to measure time down to an ...

The Archaeological Survey of India is restoring two significant astronomical instruments at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, including the Dakshinottar Bhitti Yantra and Karka Rashi Valaya, enhancing our ...

And among the sights that most boggled my mind was the Vrihat Samrat Yantra, located in the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, an astronomical testament to mathematical exactitude. In design it is simplicity ...

The stairs of the larger Samrat Yantra (sun dial) and (right) various instruments of the Jantar Mantar. All photographs by the author Varanasi or Benaras is a city frozen in time.