India
The Jantar Mantar
Jaipur's astonishing 18th-century open-air observatory — giant stone instruments that still tell the time and track the stars.
- Best time
- Oct – Mar
- Type
- City
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About The Jantar Mantar
Built by the astronomer-king Sawai Jai Singh II in Jaipur, the Jantar Mantar is a collection of colossal masonry astronomical instruments, including the world's largest stone sundial, accurate to seconds. Sculptural and strange, these giant devices measure time, predict eclipses and track celestial bodies — a monument to science as much as to art.
Highlights
- The Samrat Yantra giant sundial
- The zodiac instruments
- Precision astronomy demonstrations
- Sculptural geometric forms
- Views to the City Palace
- The nearby Hawa Mahal and bazaars
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When to visit The Jantar Mantar
October – March
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