Visit the Jantar Mantar in Jaipur

The Jantar Mantar was built by Maharaja Jai Singh II in 1734 as an astronomical observatory to study the heavens.

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Jantar Mantar (Jaipur)

The Jantar Mantar is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja (King) Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1734. It is modeled after the one that he had built for him at the Mughal capital of Delhi. He had constructed a total of five such facilities at different locations, including the ones at Delhi and Jaipur. The Jaipur observatory is the largest and best preserved of these.

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