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Jantar Mantar observatory

Testimony to Central Asia's rich legacy of astronomy

The Jantar Mantar observatory was built in the early 1700s by Sawai Jai Singh II, Jaipur’s ruler and a keen astronomer. The observatory bears witness to Central Asia’s rich legacy of astronomy, and its sixteen massive instruments are works of art that can forecast the weather even today!

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