2022
Hello Friends,
My name is Amrendra Anupam. i am trusted Local Guide (New Delhi area ). I want to take you on a photo-walk of JANATAR MANTAR ( The Sundial- Observatory), which i have taken today (7th May 16) on our Delhi Local guide meet at Jantar Mantar( New Delhi). Please do post your views and suggestions after watching it .
Introduction :
The Jantar Mantar is an equinoctial sundial, consisting a gigantic triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the Earth's axis. On either side of the gnomon is a quadrant of a circle, parallel to the plane of the equator. The instrument is intended to measure the time of day, correct to half a second and declination of the Sun and the other heavenly bodies.
There are five Jantar Mantar monuments in India, of which the largest is in Jaipur which features many instruments along with the world's largest stone sundial.The Vrihat Samrat yantra is a sundial that can give the local time to an accuracy of 2 seconds. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
In the early 18th century, Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five Jantar Mantars in total, in New Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura and Varanasi; they were completed between 1724 and 1735.
The jantars have evocative names like Samrat Yantra, Jai Prakash, Ram Yantra and Niyati Chakra; each of which are used to for various astronomical calculations. The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. The words jantar and 'mantar (or yantra and mantra) means calculation instrument.
Introduction and History Reference taken from Wikipedia
All photos are taken by me ( Amrendra Anupam ) . i forgot to mention it in every caption. Enjoy and please write your views on this.
@AmrendraA wrote:Hello Friends,
My name is Amrendra Anupam. i am trusted Local Guide (New Delhi area ). I want to take you on a photo-walk of JANATAR MANTAR ( The Sundial- Observatory), which i have taken today (7th May 16) on our Delhi Local guide meet at Jantar Mantar( New Delhi). Please do post your views and suggestions after watching it .
Introduction :
The Jantar Mantar is an equinoctial sundial, consisting a gigantic triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the Earth's axis. On either side of the gnomon is a quadrant of a circle, parallel to the plane of the equator. The instrument is intended to measure the time of day, correct to half a second and declination of the Sun and the other heavenly bodies.
There are five Jantar Mantar monuments in India, of which the largest is in Jaipur which features many instruments along with the world's largest stone sundial.The Vrihat Samrat yantra is a sundial that can give the local time to an accuracy of 2 seconds. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
In the early 18th century, Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five Jantar Mantars in total, in New Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura and Varanasi; they were completed between 1724 and 1735.
The jantars have evocative names like Samrat Yantra, Jai Prakash, Ram Yantra and Niyati Chakra; each of which are used to for various astronomical calculations. The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. The words jantar and 'mantar (or yantra and mantra) means calculation instrument.
Introduction and History Reference taken from Wikipedia
