Jantar Mantar is another important tourist attraction in Jaipur. Built by the astronomer king Sawai Jai Singh II, Jantar Mantar is one of the five observatories built by the king. The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur is the biggest and most elaborate observatory in India.
Constructed between 1728 and 1734, the Jantar Mantar is located in the center of Jaipur. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh built it to satisfy his quest to find the mysteries of the sky as well as provide satisfaction to his astronomical and architectural instincts. The name "Jantar Mantar" is a modification of the Hindi words "yantra" meaning instruments, and "mantra" meaning formulae. It was built to study various phenomenon of astronomy like latitudes, longitudes, constellations, local time, declination of the sun, planets and the stars, and to determine eclipses. The monument was built to understand the movements of the sun and moon and to find answer various other astronomical mysteries. The observatory in Jaipur follows the one in Smarkand, Uzbekistan. The complex of the Janter Mantar consists of the jaiprakash yantra, the samrat yantra, ram yantra and the ‘composite instrument’ which includes a sun-dial and a massive hemisphere on the northern wall.
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