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I went to the Connaught Place in Delhi and got to know that Jantar Mantar is just 200 m away from there, so it was a no-brainer to visit Jantar Mantar at first, I thought it was just a site of measuring time in 15 century, but when I visited there, I was trying to know about the real facts. I’m going to share them in this blog.
Also, I am glad to know today that I’m in top 10 of #winterchallenge by #worldmappin #traveldigest and I’m going to push my ranking up in the list.
In the photograph above, you can see the signboard of Jantar Mantar in the road and just on the left, you can see a small cabin from where we have to get the tickets. They only accept cash in counter,, but you can also get tickets online after scanning the QR code at the counter. I opt the online version and ticket was about ₹20.
You can reach Jantar Mantar in just five minutes while you’ll be walking towards the Sansad Marg from CP. And while coming towards Jantar Mantar, you will also come across Palika Bazaar. This market is famous for clothes and local people of Delhi. They come visit here to buy clothes. It was over crowded, so I awarded this place and went straight to Jantar Mantar.
Jantar Mantar consist of about 13 different instruments of measuring different astronomical phenomena. The main function of this Observatory was to observe the space and celestial objects and different instruments did different things.
This is Mishra Yantra, it is the most prominent looking Yantra in Jantar Mantar. Whenever you see a photograph of Jantar Mantar, you see this. It detect the longest and the shortest days of the year. I’m not sure about its working, but somehow it does that and even in 17 century, it’s really amazing how good their level of thinking was at that time.
These instruments are spread across a large area in central Delhi and it’s quite amazing. There are tall buildings all around you and in centre you have this ancient structures. These structures are of great significance to the modern world.
You will need around an hour of time to get around and know about all the instruments. It’s really interesting when you visit there. To be very honest, I was not able to grasp the working of all the instruments as it was beyond my technical abilities, but I was able to the working of the huge sundial or Samrat Yantra.
This sundial is 128 foot long that’s parallel to earth’s axis and it points towards North Pole. It is the world’s largest sundial. It’s really accurate with accuracy about two seconds. I was stunned to know that.!!!
One other Yantra was Ram Yatra about which I got some idea after reading from the holding that was right next to it. According to it. It consisted of two large cylindrical structure with open top. and it’s used to measure the altitude of stars based on the latitude of earth. I don’t quite know how it works, but somehow it was the explanation that was written on it.
You can read about it in the photograph below. I’ve tried to capture the description on it. Let me know if anyone can explain it to me in easy language.
However, difficult or however technical, it’s working would be I was amazed to see how well it was built at that time. just look at the photographs below, you will also come to know. Just look at the precision through which these amazing kind of structures are built. The inside view of the Ram Yatra was something that I will remember forever, just looked out of this world.
Even if you’re not curious about the astronomical instruments, you can still come here as this campus situated in a beautiful garden. You will love to roam around here, especially in the winter time I was lucky that I visited Delhi in winter time, so I was able to explore everything in the daytime.
Although it was built very strongly in 17 century, it is experiencing some weathering from time. You can see that in the photographs below, it’s getting broken from places and really need restoration. The government authorities should restore it before it gets destroyed.
We stayed there for about an hour and had a great time. It was a peaceful location in the heart of Delhi, and you should visit here whenever you come to Delhi. It’s really accessible just 200 m from the Connaught Palace, and you can easily walk up to here. I hope it gets restored whenever I’ll visit here. Next time. I was not happy to see it falling.
That’s all for today, hope you liked this blog.
Thanks for passing by.
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